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December 23, 2015

Drug firm announces advance in quest for HIV cure
Oslo (AFP) Dec 22, 2015
A Norwegian drug firm on Tuesday announced an advance in its quest for an HIV cure with a drug combination which seeks to force the virus out of its hiding place and kill it. A trial with 17 HIV-positive patients yielded a "statistically signficant decrease" in the virus, biotech firm Bionor announced. "This is a major achievement on the path to a functional cure for HIV," Bionor spokesman Jorgen Fischer Ravn told AFP. There is no cure for the disease AIDS, caused by HIV. but anti-retroviral ... read more

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Russian TV host reveals HIV-positive status live on air A well-known Russian television host announced live on air that he is HIV-positive, an unprecedented revelation in a country with rising infection rates but where HIV/AIDS remains a largely taboo subject. ... more		China 'clone factory' scientist eyes human replication The Chinese scientist behind the world's biggest cloning factory has technology advanced enough to replicate humans, he told AFP, and is only holding off for fear of the public reaction. ... more		With climate change, malaria risk in Africa shifts, grows A larger portion of Africa is currently at high risk for malaria transmission than previously predicted, according to a new University of Florida mapping study. Under future climate regimes, t ... more		Indonesia's Papua battles AIDS epidemic Fifteen-year-old Adina curls up in bed under a sheet, her body ravaged by AIDS, one of many caught up in an epidemic sweeping Indonesia's eastern Papua region. ... more

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