LUDHIANA: After working on the oral substitution therapy, the National Aids Control Organization (NACO) will set up a community care centre for HIV patients in the city, the third such in the state. According to information, two community care centres for HIV patients are already functioning in Patiala and Amritsar, respectively. Talking to TOI on Saturday, an official of...
End Of Vaccination Took Away Protection From HIV, Say Researchers Washington: The end of smallpox vaccination in the mid-20th century could be responsible for a loss of protection that led to the rapid spread of HIV, according to researchers. It is known that vaccinia immunization, as given to prevent the spread of smallpox, reduces HIV replication in the laboratory....
Scientists are a step closer to understanding why some people with HIV develop full-blown AIDS, and others don’t. Researchers in Massachusetts and California say that the answer lies in how the immune cells that recognize invaders are educated – a finding that may pave the way for new strategies for designing an HIV vaccine. The human immune system detects...
Seventy HIV positive children, as well as those who have lost their parents to the dreaded disease, showed their creative side by enthusiastically participating in different competitions organised by UP Network for HIV positive people and UP State AIDS Control Society, on the occasion of World Orphans Day, on Friday. In painting competition, Ankita, Anchal and Adarsh secured first,...