More ground has been gained in the fight to combat AIDS / HIV . Researchers involved in a study on chimpanzees that has spanned nine years feel they may have found what some call the “missing link” in HIV as it has evolved through the years. This link helps…

In an alarming new discovery, a woman who hails from Cameroon, a nation in Africa, was recently diagnosed with a new strain of HIV that has researchers and scientists scrambling to find the source. Currently, there are three known strains of this virus, all of which are related to…

Lately, there has been much news and controversy surrounding gay marriage and whether or not a state will choose to recognize this type of union. Politicians, church leaders, movie and television stars and bloggers have all risen up to either strongly support or fight legalizing gay marriage. Bans on…

Developing an AIDS vaccine has been a high priority for researchers across the globe for the past few decades. Study after study has been done on vaccines and cures and gene therapies, some successful, but most not. However, a promising new study has shown that vaccines that target the…

For decades, researchers and scientists have fought valiantly searching for a cure and a vaccine for the AIDS virus. Animal and human trials alike have been performed all across the globe in the hopes that a cure can be discovered to end the epidemic once and for all. To…

In the research we see and read on AIDS and HIV , we have unfortunately grown accustomed to seeing reports on various countries around the world, like South Africa, where epidemic proportions have been met and exceeded. For example, recent data on AIDS-related deaths in South Africa shows a…

Researchers and scientists have used hair samples for years for reasons ranging from DNA analysis to drug testing. Now, researchers at the University of California in San Francisco have determined yet another way hair samples can help – this time in the fight against the HIV / AIDS epidemic….