Will there ever be a cure for the deadly HIV?

Edit Jamaica Observer 18 Jul 2016
With 37 million people currently living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide, the question of whether a cure will be found for the pandemic took centre stage in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, ahead of today’s start of the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) ... a cure will ever be found for the dreaded killer disease....

HIV cure study provides insight into 2008 case

Edit CNN 18 Jul 2016
(CNN)In 2008, one man, Timothy Ray Brown, was cured of HIV. Also known as the "Berlin patient," Brown was considered cured of his infection after receiving two bone-marrow transplants to treat a separate disease he had been diagnosed with a few years earlier ... Everyone included in the project is in need of stem cell transplantation to cure severe blood disorders, in addition to being infected with HIV. Can stem cells bear a cure?....

SC notice to 6 states for discharge of cured mental patients

Edit The Times of India 18 Jul 2016
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to six states on a PIL seeking discharge of more than 300 patients who have been cured of their mental ailments but are still lodged in hospitals with those under treatment ... Seeking the discharge of these cured people, Bansal said they were living in pathetic conditions with mentally ill patients ... Click here to download it for your device....

Common cold can be cured by taking zinc lozenges 3 days faster than normal

Edit Topix 18 Jul 2016
Have we finally found a cure for the common cold? Taking zinc lozenges can speed up recovery by THREE full days Taking lozenges which contain the mineral shortened the length of a cold from seven days to around four, research suggests. The lozenges are commonly found in pharmacies and health shops - but people had to take one every few hours to see any effect ... ....

Media Availability: NIH Scientists Discover that Defective HIV DNA Can Encode HIV-Related Proteins (NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jul 2016
This finding may affect scientists' understanding of the long-term effects of HIV infection and what a cure would require ... However, scientists previously have found that 95 percent or more of HIV proviruses are unable to encode intact viruses due to genetic mutations and deletions ... The discovery also suggests another potential barrier to an HIV cure....

Denmark: A cure for allergies

Edit Al Jazeera 18 Jul 2016
But now, after decades of research, a cure for some allergies is finally in sight. Join The Cure's Dr Elizabeth Healey, as she travels to ......

Falun Dafa: An attempt to cultivate good, eliminate bad

Edit The Times of India 18 Jul 2016
Nagpur. If you observe closely, you might find them in public parks, schools or houses, exercising in slow rhythmic movements to the sound of music, or practising meditation ... Founded in 1992 by Li Hongzi in China, it used to be a single master-single disciple session, which became popular worldwide ... Good health and curing of illnesses is a by-product of the practice, he said ... Click here to download it for your device. RELATED....

AIDS 2016: All you need to know about key summit

Edit Al Jazeera 18 Jul 2016
'The cure' ... Yet, some scientists are adamant that they are inching toward a possible cure - and for the fifth year, experts will be raising one of the most complex matters in the scientific community. a cure for HIV. According to Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, co-chair of the International AIDS Society's (IAS) Towards an HIV Cure initiative, research into a cure is in a "formative stage, but significant advances are being made"....

Int’l AIDS conference opens in Durban

Edit The Jakarta Post 18 Jul 2016
AIDS 2016 will highlight the latest accomplishments and challenges in a rapidly expanding area of scientific inquiry — the prospect of developing safe, effective, and globally scalable approaches to curing or achieving sustained remission of HIV infection ...HIV cure research has the potential to alter the future of this epidemic,” said Nobel Laureate Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-chair of the IAS Toward an HIV Cure Initiative....

'Make no small plans': M.D. Anderson's dizzying rise to the top

Edit Houston Chronicle 18 Jul 2016
By 2015, the center had more than 21,000 employees, 665 hospital beds, outpatient clinics that logged more than 1.4 million visits, labs where nearly 1,200 studies were underway with a research budget of more than $780.5 million, focused on finding a cure for the disease that took the life of the center's two founding leaders - Bertner in 1950, and ......

World Hepatitis Day July 28th, 2016 (Tioga County, NY)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jul 2016
(Source. Tioga County, NY). World Hepatitis Day July 28th, 2016. Last Updated. Monday, July 18, 2016. World Hepatitis Day July 28th, 2016. World Hepatitis Day is fast approaching and Tioga County Public Health wants you to get informed about Hepatitis ... Chronic Hepatitis C can be cured, but the sooner you know that you have the disease and start treatment the better your chances are to be cured' ... Hepatitis C can be cured. Get informed ... (noodl....

The Brain Receptor Responsible For OCD Has Been Identified

Edit IFL Science 18 Jul 2016
The researchers found that, compared to regular mice, those that lacked Sapap3 tended to have an overactive direct pathway, which would appear to explain why they are so prone to repeating the same actions over and over ... Based on this discovery, the researchers injected the mice with a chemical that deactivates mGluR5 receptors, and rather incredibly found that their OCD behavior disappeared within minutes....

In the News Today -- July 18, 2016 (ILR - Institute for Legal Reform)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jul 2016
He specifically calls for reforms to the state's 'antiquated and litigation-friendly Scaffold Law.' (Albany Times-Union) SEC Rules Changes a Band-Aid, Not a Cure, Writes Attorney ... are a 'mere 'Band-Aid' affixed to a very sick patient, and unfortunately not a cure.' (The Hill)....
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