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This undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a scanning electron micrograph of multiple round bumps of the HIV-1 virus on a cell surface. In a report released on Monday, July 24, 2017, researchers said a South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for 8 1/2 years after stopping anti-HIV medicines _ more evidence that early treatment can occasionally cause a long remission that, if it lasts, would be a form of cure. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)

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Scientists finally discover last unknown structure of HIV virus

Researchers claim if this part of viral cell's assembly is stopped, the HIV virus will not be able to replicate.

20 Oct 2017 10:54 AM IST

A scanning electron micrograph of multiple round bumps of the HIV-1 virus on a cell surfaceRepresentational Image. (Photo: AP)

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Scientists decode how HIV hacks cells

Scientists discover previously unknown details about how HIV, may offer new avenue for drugs to combat the virus.

9 Nov 2017 9:16 AM IST

Other forms of contraceptive shots do not show the same correlation with HIV infection. (Photo: Pixabay)

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USFDA grants approval for Cipla's HIV drug

Cipla in a BSE filing said it has received final approval from USFDA for tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets.

31 Jan 2018 8:49 AM IST

$Biologists call this a \dose-dependent response\ -- the more bugs, the more risk of HIV infection. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Gilead triple HIV drug finds US FDA approval

However, rival ViiV Healthcare, quickly filed a lawsuit alleging that Gilead was infringing patents on ViiV's...

8 Feb 2018 9:54 AM IST

The year 2015 saw an estimated 760,000 deaths due to HIV/AIDS, which has dropped from a million in 2010. (Photo: AP)

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India-Netherlands-Sweden to collaborate for research programme on...

Programme is to harness research strengths and diverse expertise across three nations to develop better tools to...

23 May 2018 9:09 AM IST

Some 37 million people worldwide have the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Cure for Aids: Scientists successfully destroy HIV-infected cells in...

According to researchers they have successfully destroyed cells infected with virus, typically treated with...

22 Dec 2018 4:36 PM IST

The HIV virus can hide in cells in an inactivated state, meaning it isnt actively replicating. (Photo: AP)

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Genetic switch may lead to HIV cure, says study

People with HIV virus can live normal lives with exceedingly low or even undetectable viral loads thanks due to...

7 Dec 2018 2:18 PM IST

HIV excels at evading the immune system by hiding out in certain immune cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Is a cure for HIV inching closer? Scientists discover new possibility

Team creates neutralising antibody, effective not only against all genetically divergent global HIV-1 strains, but also...

8 May 2018 1:28 PM IST

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Hong Kong scientists may have found 'functional cure' for HIV

Major breakthrough could see a new antibody be used for both prevention and treatment.

15 Jun 2018 6:12 PM IST

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Experimental HIV vaccine may neutralise dozens of strains of virus

If successful, this would be the first vaccine available that protects people from contracting HIV.

5 Jun 2018 9:04 AM IST

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HIV trials show new treatment could suppress virus for six months

The infusion offers hope of an alternative to the daily regimen of drugs that people living with HIV have to take to...

27 Sept 2018 2:23 PM IST

A vaccine against the virus that causes AIDS has come closer to reality after a recent study found that the immune system may keep body from neutralizing HIV-1 virus (Photo: Pixabay)

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Body's immune system helping HIV?

Researchers say body's own immune system might be getting in the way of neutralizing the HIV-1 virus.

12 July 2017 2:48 PM IST