In a world first, US doctors have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to another. The operation took place at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, with both patients said to be doing well.

The study of gender stereotypes in Ukraine led by the international research company Ipsos commissioned by the Elena Pinchuk Foundation project "I Can!" and the project "Vsi. Svoi" discovered that Ukrainians remain rather patriarchal and conservative when it comes to their understanding of the...

Animation software brings together data to tell a molecular story.

Ученые Оттавского университета установили, что вирус Мараба, известный как MG1, является эффективным борцом с ВИЧ. Об этом отмечается на Eurekalert!. Специалисты рассчитывают, что данное открытие поможет в будущем создать лекарства против вируса иммунодефицита.

Feminists have striven for decades to emancipate women sexually, but when it comes to casual promiscuity, the female of the species is still more straight-laced than the male. And evolution is to blame. Women are evolutionary programmed to regret one night stands, while men have evolved to regret...

With inspiration from an ancient toy, researchers believe that the simple spinning mechanics of a whirligig could help in the diagnosis of malaria, HIV and other diseases around the world, according to a new study.

Drug treatments to suppress HIV could be driving up rates of syphilis by eliminating the 'fear factor', a new study has warned. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can control viral load - making it virtually undetectable - and preventing or delaying the progression to AIDS. However, a...

Truvada, the other "little blue pill," is taken daily to prevent HIV and has been touted as a miracle drug responsible for lowering HIV rates across the United States. But soon, the daily pill may be overshadowed by an even simpler method—a single flu shot-like injection at the doctor's...

Intarcia Therapeutics is developing implantable pump which holds six or 12 months’ supply of medicine.

This will be South Africa's largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial.

New vaccine trial in South Africa builds on previous RV144 study to bring in more effective prevention of infection.

A combination vaccine and immune system stimulant appears to suppress virus levels in tests on monkeys.