A twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV: a PrEP revolution?
According to a clinical study, an injection of Lenacapavir twice a year reduces the risk of HIV infection by 96%, ...
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HIV drugs also effective against multiple sclerosis?
A study of more than 29,000 people reveals a lower risk of multiple sclerosis in HIV-positive people who are on ...
Read moreAIDS: patients have gained 10 years of life expectancy with tritherapies
It's a battle won but the war is not over. In Europe and North America, the life expectancy of patients ...
Read moreAIDS: the enigma of “non-progressing” children
What if the key to solving the AIDS riddle came from children? The answer is premature, but scientists from 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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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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HIV: a first case of transmission of a multi-resistant strain discovered in France
The Toulouse University Hospital is alerting to a case of transmission of an HIV strain resistant to all conventional antiretrovirals. ...
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HIV: a new molecule to prevent virus replication
In an article published in the journal “Nature”, researchers explain that they have developed the molecule GS-6207, capable of disrupting ...
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AIDS: researchers manage to completely eliminate the virus in mice
An important advance in research to cure AIDS: work carried out on mice has revealed how a sequence of two ...
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AIDS: shortage of antiretrovirals in Congo
© iStockphotoAn NGO is sounding the alarm in Congo. “As we speak, the Congo is completely out of antiretrovirals (ARVs). ...
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HIV: antiretroviral treatments prevent the transmission of AIDS between men
Effective treatment with antiretrovirals prevents detection of HIV in the blood, and therefore transmission to an HIV-negative partner.U=U for "undetectebale ...
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In the United States, 80% of HIV infections due to people unaware of being HIV-positive or untreated
80% of HIV infections in the United States are from people who do not know they are HIV-positive, or from ...
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AIDS: antiretrovirals should be taken as soon as the disease is announced
To combat infection with the AIDS virus and limit the risks associated with this pathology (infections, cancers), the disease should ...
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AIDS: antiretrovirals should be taken as soon as the disease is announced
35.5 million people live with AIDS in the world. It is clear that the epidemic continues to explode, the World ...
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AIDS: South Africa makes antiretroviral drugs free
South Africa's HIV program is getting a facelift. Screening is now universal and antiretrovirals are free for anyone who tests ...
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AIDS: towards less treatment for HIV
Antiretrovirals have revolutionized the approach to AIDS, which no longer kills people who are on treatment. But research continues to ...
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HIV: Montpellier researchers make a major discovery on reservoir cells
Identifying dormant cells infected with HIV would make it possible to fight the virus better. A CNRS team has published ...
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HIV: one in two people living with HIV is on antiretrovirals
18 million people living with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment, ie half of all infected patients. Access still needs to ...
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AIDS: targeting young people and seniors for prevention
Young women are particularly exposed to HIV infection. They must be at the heart of prevention efforts.The fight against HIV ...
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HIV: researchers have achieved lasting remission
An antibody indicated in Crohn's disease has made it possible to fight effectively and durably against HIV. It allows you ...
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HIV: taken 4 days a week, the treatment remains effective
Reducing antiretroviral treatment is a serious avenue against HIV. At the rate of 4 doses per week, against 7, the ...
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HIV: 2.5 million new infections in 2015
38 million people are living with HIV worldwide. If they die less, new contaminations have remained numerous and stable since ...
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HIV: early treatment reduces transmissions by 96%
Starting antiretroviral therapy early can reduce the risk of HIV infection by 93%. An international study carried out over 10 ...
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AIDS: study shows the usefulness of circumcision
Thanks to better access to antiretrovirals and the promotion of voluntary circumcision in Africa, the rate of new infections is ...
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Pregnancy: an antiretroviral would affect the cognitive development of babies
Atazanavir, an antiviral drug prescribed to prevent mother-to-fetal transmission of HIV, is believed to have negative effects on language acquisition ...
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AIDS: the United States recommends antiretrovirals as a preventive effect
In the United States, Truvada (a combination of two antiretroviral drugs indicated for the treatment of adults infected with HIV) ...
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AIDS: Africa suffers from a lack of access to antiretrovirals
Too many HIV-positive African patients still do not have access to antiretrovirals. In one region of Kenya, half of those ...
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AIDS: 15 million people have access to antiretrovirals
A new UNAIDS report highlights the huge progress that has been made in access to antiretrovirals. 15 million people now ...
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AIDS: WHO wants to expand access to antiretrovirals
Treat AIDS earlier and prevent with antiretrovirals: these are the two main orientations of the WHO recommendations on the use ...
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HIV vaccine: a virus difficult to target
Since the 1980s, HIV has become increasingly resistant to human neutralizing antibodies. This development reduces the chances of developing an ...
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