New Antibody Therapy May Transform HIV Treatment supriya kashyap kashyap10 May 2016 1:04 PM ISTResearchers have developed a new antibody-based drug that has the potential to slow down the replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in...
Scientists develop new type of HIV test on a USB stick supriya kashyap kashyap12 Nov 2016 10:09 AM ISTLondon : Scientists in Britain have developed a type of HIV test using a USB stick that can give a fast and highly accurate reading of how much virus...
HIV treatment may adversely effect the brain: Study savita thakur thakur19 Dec 2016 2:33 PM ISTNew York: Antiretroviral drugs have been life-changing therapies for HIV patients, but they can have significant side effects including neuronal...
Trial finds huge success in HIV treatment: LANCET Study supriya kashyap kashyap4 March 2017 1:07 PM ISTResearchers have been successful in increasing HIV treatment success rates by almost 18 percent.Teams from the Universities of Aberdeen, Maastricht...
FDA approves first two-drug regimen for patients with HIV Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Juluca, the first complete treatment regimen containing only two drugs to treat certain adults...
Breakthrough : HIV treatment pill once a week Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jan 2018 8:30 PM ISTResearchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a capsule that can deliver a week's worth of HIV drugs in a single dose. This...
NIH compares safety and efficacy of antiretroviral treatment regimens in pregnant women Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTEvery year worldwide, an estimated 1.5 million women living with HIV give birth. Previous research has clearly demonstrated that antiretroviral...
New HIV treatment approved for patients who have run out of options Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 March 2018 7:10 PM ISTTrogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk) which is a new type of antiretroviral medication for adult patients received approval from U.S. Food and Drug...
TDF doesn't prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B : NEJM Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 March 2018 7:10 PM ISTHepatitis B virus causes serious, long-term health issues, such as liver disease and cancer, and can spread from mother-to-child during delivery....
WHO updates provisional guidelines on HIV treatment Hina Zahid1 Dec 2018 7:00 PM ISTUpdated guidelines on first-and second-line treatment, post-exposure prophylaxis, and early infant diagnosis of HIV.Following are the major...
Dolutegravir is preferred first line HIV treatment for all populations: WHO Hina Zahid23 July 2019 7:28 PM ISTWorld Health Organisation(WHO) has recommended the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for...
Tenfold increase in number of adolescents on HIV treatment in South Africa since 2010: Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Oct 2019 9:02 AM ISTTenfold increase in number of adolescents on HIV treatment in South Africa since 2010, finds Lancet study.Low rates of successful initiation of...
