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Tag: AIDS

  • Can the body remove HIV by itself?

    Can the body remove HIV by itself?

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    Two patients have astonishingly cured themselves of HIV without any therapy. Kevin Boyle discusses these novel findings and their potential implications in the development of a vaccine against the HIV virus.  A recent report in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that a female patient previously infected with HIV was able to remove the…

  • HIV Retrovirus: Current advances and mysteries

    HIV Retrovirus: Current advances and mysteries

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    Claudia Singh Gill discusses the mechanism of HIV infection and the potential advances to treat the deadly retrovirus. 37.7 million people are living with HIV in 2020. Almost one million people die each year from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV virus targets the cells in the immune system,…

  • How old is HIV? The United Kingdom and HIV/AIDS research

    How old is HIV? The United Kingdom and HIV/AIDS research

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    The discovery of a viral cause for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1983 by Françoise Barré-Sinoussi at the Pasteur Institute in Paris marked a major achievement in scientific and LGBTQ+ history. In May 1986, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses gave it its current name: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV/AIDS ravaged the gay community…