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Lorry-themed condoms tackle India HIV

2016-09-22 01:48:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

It is estimated two million Indian lorry drivers regularly use prostitutes - but barely 10% of them are using condoms. To help raise awareness, lorry-themed condoms are being sold.

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What it means to find a weak spot in HIV

2016-05-19 20:15:28| Extremetech

New research into HIV vaccines could have found a good target for antibodies -- but what does that mean, exactly, and why might this be different than the cures that have come (and gone) in the past?

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How A Painkiller Designed To Deter Abuse Helped Spark An HIV Outbreak

2016-04-02 14:48:40| Biotech - Topix.net

When Kevin Polly first started abusing Opana ER, a potent prescription opioid painkiller, he took pills - or fractions of pills - and crushed them into a fine powder, then snorted it. When Opana pills are swallowed, they release their painkilling ingredient over 12 hours.

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County offers free, confidential HIV testing

2015-12-29 08:13:01| Biotech - Topix.net

Free and confidential HIV testing is now available twice a month at The Nevada County Public Health Department's office in Grass Valley. Thanks to a $16,000 grant received last year and a $7,500 grant this year through the NorCal AIDS Cycle, free testing is assured to county residents through August 2016.

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Norwegian Biotech Flags Evidence for Efficacy of 'Kick and Kill' HIV Treatment

2015-12-22 02:32:12| Biotech - Topix.net

Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. On Monday, Norwegian biotechnology company Bionor Pharma said it had evidence of real promise for an approach to treating HIV that seeks to expose latent HIV-infected cells so they can be cleared away by the immune system.

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