http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on hiv/aids and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/news/ An HIV vaccine component may have accidentally triggered an immune response that made people more vulnerable to infection, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/misfiring-immune-system-blamed-for-hiv-vaccine-failure.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsWed, 18 Nov 2009 02:20:36 GMTScientists have used a 'gun' that delivers a vaccine and an electrical impulse to improve the effectiveness of a DNA vaccine for HIV.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/electricity-sparks-better-hiv-vaccine-response.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsFri, 23 Oct 2009 03:16:49 GMTThe Thailand HIV vaccine trial reveals the human body's fighting response to the virus, a conference has heard, but many questions remain.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/thai-hiv-trial-shines-light-on-research-mystery-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsWed, 21 Oct 2009 03:41:36 GMTA truth commission can account for South Africa's past HIV/AIDS denialist policies and rebuild trust, says AIDS expert, Salim S. Abdool Karim.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/south-africa-needs-an-hiv-aids-truth-commission.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 15 Oct 2009 01:30:54 GMTAlthough 87.5 per cent of young HIV-infected Haitians know how to prevent disease spread, their behaviour is frequently risky, says a study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/-low-condom-use-among-young-hiv-infected-haitians.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:53 GMTA UNITAID patent pool could revolutionise HIV treatment and research in developing countries — if payment can be agreed, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/biomed-analysis-pooling-patents-for-hiv-drugs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMTAn experimental HIV vaccine trialled in Thailand has reduced infection rates for the first time, by almost a third.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/breakthrough-hiv-vaccine-first-to-cut-infection-rates.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsFri, 25 Sep 2009 03:20:18 GMTSouth African researchers are probing the AIDS-fighting potential of local plants, signalling a new alliance with healers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/scientists-and-healers-team-up-to-test-aids-remedy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 24 Sep 2009 05:31:13 GMTResearchers have shown that there is a high prevalence of resistance against antiretrovirals in HIV patients in Honduras.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/honduras-high-prevalence-of-hiv-resistance.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 10 Sep 2009 02:12:02 GMTMany HIV vaccines and microbicides have failed clinical trials and HIV researchers say the field needs to get back to basics.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/back-to-basics-in-hiv-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsFri, 28 Aug 2009 03:01:06 GMTA gel that turns to a semisolid in the presence of semen shows promise as a barrier against HIV transmission.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/gel-could-block-hiv-like-a-condom.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsWed, 19 Aug 2009 02:10:56 GMTStarting antiretroviral therapy when the immune system is not severely compromised reduces mortality, says a Haitian study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/starting-hiv-therapy-early-improves-chances-of-sur.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsFri, 07 Aug 2009 07:23:45 GMTBrazil's strategy for tackling HIV/AIDS — including the production of generic drugs — is an example to the developing world, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/brazil-has-paved-way-for-tackling-hiv-aids-says-st.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 30 Jul 2009 03:11:23 GMTTesting is under way for microbicidal gels containing antiretroviral drugs that could inhibit HIV infection.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/antiretroviral-microbicides-enter-clinical-trials-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsFri, 24 Jul 2009 03:57:53 GMTTests providing fast, inexpensive ways to assess whether HIV/AIDS patients need treatment made their debut this week.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/rapid-tests-monitor-hiv-patients-health-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 23 Jul 2009 03:54:55 GMTAfrica's first home-grown HIV vaccines have started early-stage clinical trials in South Africa and the United States.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/trial-of-africa-s-first-hiv-vaccines-underway.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 23 Jul 2009 02:57:49 GMTMore research is needed on how to tackle HIV with antiretroviral therapy, say Kevin M De Cock and colleagues at the WHO.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/can-early-therapy-prevent-hiv-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsFri, 17 Jul 2009 10:16:44 GMTDespite national prevention programmes, a study has found that shared syringes are the most common mode of HIV transmission in Puerto Rico.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/syringe-use-main-cause-of-hiv-in-puerto-rico.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:17 GMTA simple HIV test could remove the obstacles to treating HIV-positive babies in their first year, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/hiv-test-needs-just-a-spot-of-blood.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsWed, 24 Jun 2009 03:15:14 GMTA microbicide has shown promise in the lab and can be produced in plants — a double blow toHIV in the developing world, scientists say.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/promising-microbicide-can-be-produced-by-plants.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_hivaidsThu, 11 Jun 2009 02:35:42 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/