aids
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We’re Closer Than You Think To Beating HIV
At least 35 million people around the planet live with HIV, and it kills over 1.7 million people each year, so the fact that it’s currently untreatable is one of the biggest medical problems of our time. But in recent years scientific advances seem to be kicking HIV’s arse more effectively than ever — so…
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How A Supercomputer May Have Finally Unlocked A Way To Beat HIV
There’s no easy answer for HIV; the sly virus uses our own immune cells to its advantage and mutates readily to shrug off round after round of anti-retrovirals. But thanks to the efforts researchers from the University of Illinois and some heavy-duty number crunching from one of the world’s fastest petaflop supercomputers, we may be…
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Gamers Crack Code That Could Lead To New AIDS Treatment
Scientists spent a decade trying — and failing — to map the structure of an enzyme that could help solve a crucial part of the AIDS puzzle. It took online gamers all of three weeks.
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Another HIV-Beating Pill Now Available
It’s pretty amazing that there’s already one pill used to beat back HIV in the body – but now there’s another. The FDA’s approved Efavirenz, which, when used with other drugs, drops the virus’ presence inside patients. Lives saved. [AP]