Prehistoric genetic variant increases risk of Covid-19 but protects against HIV
Very widespread in the population, this genetic variant is linked to the receptors of the immune system. THE ESSENTIAL Our ...
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AIDS: a third case of recovery thanks to a new method of transplantation
For the third time in history, an HIV-positive woman has been cured of AIDS. The patient was treated with a ...
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HIV: a more aggressive and contagious variant discovered in the Netherlands
Called VB, this variant of HIV would have appeared in the 80s and 90s in the Netherlands. According to scientists, ...
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Serious forms of Covid: a process of programmed cell death observed in 60% of cases
In a majority of severe Covid cases, there is a decrease in the normal level of lymphocytes in the blood. ...
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HIV treatment: one injection every two months instead of drugs every day
This new treatment will improve the daily lives of people with HIV. Since Tuesday, December 21, these patients can benefit ...
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AIDS: “promising” results for a messenger RNA vaccine
A new vaccine offers remarkable protection against HIV. THE ESSENTIAL Messenger RNAs (or mRNAs) are molecules responsible for transmitting the ...
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HIV: “cures” that strengthen the hope of defeating the virus
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, which took place on December 1, Why Doctor offers you a series that ...
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HIV: less seropositivity among injecting drug users
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Why Doctor offers you a series that summarizes the state of knowledge on ...
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HIV: many homosexuals are still ashamed of the disease
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Why Doctor offers you a series that summarizes the state of knowledge on ...
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HIV: “The virus is still circulating and those affected are not cured”
As World AIDS Day takes place tomorrow, Why Doctor offers you a series summarizing the latest French studies published on ...
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HIV: still too few homosexuals know about the preventive effect of antiretroviral treatment (TasP)
On the occasion, this Wednesday, December 1st, of the World Day against AIDS, Why Doctor offers you a series which ...
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Death of Freddie Mercury: 30 years later, AIDS still kills in France
This Wednesday, November 24, 2021 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of iconic singer Freddie Mercury, who died of ...
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HIV: a second patient cured after eliminating the virus without treatment?
In a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, American researchers explain having discovered a second case of an ...
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How the body controls HIV after stopping antiretroviral therapy
The body of some patients who have stopped their antiretroviral treatment is able to control an HIV infection on its ...
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HIV: towards free, non-prescription testing in 2022
A bill plans to make HIV testing free and possible without a prescription. These tests can be performed in any ...
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Transgender: a risk of mortality twice as high, unrelated to hormonal treatments
Transgender people have a risk of death twice as high as cisgender people. Depending on the sex, the causes would ...
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AIDS: forty years after its discovery, where is the epidemic in France?
The year 2020 has been marked by a decrease in HIV testing, and the latest available figures show that many ...
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HIV: general practitioners can now prescribe PrEP treatment
From this Tuesday, June 1, GPs will be allowed to issue prescriptions for pre-exposure prophylaxis, better known as Prep. Facilitating ...
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Billy Porter: after 14 years of silence, the star of the series “Pose” reveals to be HIV-positive
Diagnosed positive for HIV in 2007, actor Billy Porter had never made his illness public until now, fearing in particular ...
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Sidaction: what are the new challenges in the fight against HIV?
On the occasion of Sidaction, Why Doctor publishes the good sheets of the book "A history of the fight against ...
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Why are misconceptions about AIDS multiplying among young people, which lowers their vigilance?
Transmission by a simple kiss, by sharing a person's glass ... false information related to the AIDS virus is increasing ...
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HIV: how PrEP promises a life without a condom
Available in France since 2016, this preventive treatment against HIV is used by more than 30,000 people. THE ESSENTIAL PrEP ...
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HIV vaccine successfully passes first phase of clinical trial
The product elicited an immune response in 97% of study participants. This allowed the production of immune cells, making it ...
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HIV: when are you no longer contagious?
On this World AIDS Day, remember that an HIV-positive person on antiretroviral treatment with an undetectable viral load for more ...
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AIDS: the virus still kills
More than 35 years after the discovery of the virus, the general public seems less aware of its dangers. THE ...
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HIV, AIDS: the figures that push the WHO to insist on screening
Faced with the increase in the number of people living with HIV but not diagnosed in Europe, the World Health ...
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HIV vaccine: the genetically modified antibody trail
The CRISPR-CaS9 system, known as "genetic scissors", makes it possible to modify B lymphocytes to make them capable of fighting ...
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Better treatment for HIV soon to be generalized
Dolutegravir, a molecule already used in the treatment of HIV, could be generalized to treat all new HIV infections, which ...
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Coronavirus: lopinavir-ritonavir treatment deemed ineffective
Included in the British Recovery trial as a potential treatment for Covid-19, the antivirals lopinavir-ritonavir are ineffective in treating hospitalized ...
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The “Berlin patient”, the first cured of AIDS, is dead
The first man officially cured of AIDS in 2007, known as “the patient from Berlin”, died on September 30 of ...
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