SINGAPORE – When French virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi co-discovered the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), little did she expect that 27 years later, stigma would be one of the biggest obstacles that patients would face, and worse – that many would not have access to treatment.home hiv test, hiv self test, home hiv kit
Today, despite the progress [...]
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It’s been a bad few months for HIV prevention. We’ve learned that our best candidates for vaccines and virus-killing microbicides don’t work. Now we’re clutching at another straw: maybe we can treat our way out of the HIV epidemic.home hiv test, hiv self test, home hiv kit
At an HIV research meeting this week, boffins from [...]
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In 1985, an estimated one in 100 blood transfusions (http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/blood_transfusion/en/index.html) was infected with the HIV virus in some United States cities. Twenty-five years later – thanks to the innovative development of critical diagnostic tests that can identify HIV in the blood – this risk is now minimal and millions of patients are safely given blood transfusions each [...]
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