By: La Verdad – Biotechnology engineer Maximiliano Medina Ramírez developed an experimental vaccine to prevent HIV infection at a university in the Netherlands. The Mexican Maximiliano Medina Ramírez, a postdoctoral researcher at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a biotechnology engineer who graduated from the University of Sonora, created […]
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By: Manuel Ansede – https://elpais.com/autor/manuel_ansede_vazquez/a/ Denis Rebrikov plans a similar experiment to the one carried out in China, despite international rejection. Just over six months after the birth in China of the first two genetically modified babies, a Russian scientist has announced that he intends to carry out a similar experiment, despite the unanimous rejection of the international community.
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By: PABLO LINDE – elpais.com Every day, more than a million sexual encounters end with one of the partners infecting the other with gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, or trichomoniasis. These are the four main treatable and curable sexually transmitted infections. They constitute a “hidden, silent, and dangerous” epidemic, in the words of Melanie Taylor, lead author of the study.
By John Murphy – Something seems to happen to men as they go through middle age. They may feel depressed, lack energy, lose motivation, gain weight, or feel like they're in a brain fog. So, does this mean that male menopause is a real thing? No, it doesn't.
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French doctor leads the largest trial on the use of PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis in real life By: EMILIO DE BENITO – Elpais.com The IPERGAY study (2015) confirmed the evidence that a pill taken before unprotected sex prevented HIV infection (pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP). And the
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The subject had an unusual combination of factors that inhibited HIV replication. By: Gus Cairns – In: http://www.aidsmap.com/page/3511496/ Researchers in Sydney, Australia, have identified a patient who appears to have spontaneously cured his own HIV infection without any medication, many years after the initial infection. However, "Subject C135" appears to have
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By Sam Dubin – Under Demetre Daskalakis's leadership, New York City implemented PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, and reduced HIV transmission rates. But its work is far from over. If the 50 years since Stonewall have ultimately been about social progress and
If we do this right, maybe HIV will be forgotten. Read More »
By: Susan Gallagher – https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-people-hiv-oldand-society-isnt.html The good news is that people with HIV are living much longer than before; it is estimated that by 2020, 70 percent of people living with HIV in the United States will be 50 years of age or older, compared to 10 percent during the first 1990s.
People with HIV are aging, and society is not ready for it. Read More »
Consuming contaminated water is highly detrimental to health. Besides containing dirt, it also contains heavy metals such as nickel, manganese, lead, chromium, cadmium, copper, and mercury. It is a source of bacteria such as E. coli, V. cholerae, Salmonella, Shigella, and Helicobacter pylori, among others, as well as viruses such as Hepatitis A and E, Rotavirus, and Norovirus.
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Currently, given the economic, political, and social circumstances, there has been an increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections, particularly among adolescents and young adults, who are the most vulnerable population. Prevention in Venezuela has ceased to be a priority amidst the economic and social problems that...
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