Poverty-related and neglected diseases (PRNDs) carry high burdens of morbidity and mortality across the developing world. Some of the most common diseases within this category are malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. These diseases are endemic in impoverished and lower middle-income nations and cause considerable loss of life. A large degree of the … [Read more...] about Hyderus participates in study on whether EU funding has helped people with poverty related diseases
HIV
Drug resistant HIV and the potential to render current treatments inviable
Children in Africa have shown a prevalence of up to 54 percent of HIV strains which display a resistance to one or more commonly used antiretroviral (ARV) drugs according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Is this an indication that currently used medications may prove to be ineffective in years to come? Africa has seen a … [Read more...] about Drug resistant HIV and the potential to render current treatments inviable
HIV treatment, CRISPR/cas9 and the safety of gene editing
A potential HIV treatment raises troubling questions about gene technology, but do the benefits outweigh the risks? A promising new development in HIV research reveals a potential new avenue for treatment in the future. The proposed technique would utilise the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method to remove sections of the virus’s genetic code, … [Read more...] about HIV treatment, CRISPR/cas9 and the safety of gene editing
How South Africa is beating the AIDS epidemic
An excellent in-depth piece from the Christian Science Monitor on South Africa's unexpected success in controlling HIV. It follows some interesting implications of people with HIV now having near-normal life expectancy. For my taste, it dodges a few tough issues: for example, the absence of evidence that the vast amount we spend on behaviour change … [Read more...] about How South Africa is beating the AIDS epidemic
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