In World First, HIV-Positive Woman Donates Kidney to a Fellow HIV-Positive Patient
35-year-old Nina Martinez unknowingly contracted HIV as an infant – but now, she's proudly making history as the first living HIV-positive kidney donor.
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Two Patients Make History After Essentially Being Cured of HIV Using Stem Cell Transplant
It has been a little over 12 years since a Berlin man became the first patient to ever be cured of HIV – and now, two more patients may have joined him.
More Families are Adopting HIV-positive Children
The number of U.S. parents undertaking HIV adoptions is surging - from a trickle just five years ago. Most involve orphans from foreign countries, where they faced stigma, neglect and the risk of early death.
Stem Cell Transplant Accidentally 'Cures' HIV
A US cancer patient who received a stem cell transplant has been cured of HIV, said a team of German doctors whose research was published in the peer-reviewed journal Blood on Wednesday. The results suggest the first such cure for the virus that causes AIDS.
Scientists 'Delete' HIV Virus From Human DNA for the First Time
The HIV-1 virus has proved to be tenacious, inserting its genome permanently into its victims' DNA, forcing patients to take a lifelong drug regimen. But, in 2014, a team of Temple University School of Medicine researchers designed a way to snip out the HIV-1 genes for good.
US to Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers
Today is World AIDS Day, and I just found this good news item about the US dropping its travel ban on people with HIV coming into the United States. The full removal of the ban takes effect on January 4, 2010.
This $1 Plastic Chip Can Diagnose HIV In 15 Minutes
In Africa, waiting for blood work can take weeks, and many people don't bother getting their results. A new device can make an immediate diagnosis for HIV and syphilis in remote villages leading to drastically improved treatment.
Magic Johnson Thrives 20 Years On as Hero Who Demystified HIV
20 years ago, basketball All-Star Magic Johnson stepped to the microphones at a Los Angeles press conference to tell the world he was HIV-positive. Not a single person watching on Nov 7, 1991 thought he would be around to hold another news conference 20 years later.
US Panel Approves Pill to Prevent HIV Infection
We are in an era now, for the the first time, when we can foresee the end of the AIDS epidemic. said an expert speaking about the new pill, Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people that was just recommended for use by a US advisory panel.
Scientists Say Baby Born With HIV Apparently Cured
A baby, born with the AIDS virus, appears to have been cured scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi, who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.
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