HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Sunday, July 16, 2006


Embryonic stem cells may lead to AIDS cure
Health and Age.com - Laboratory studies reveal how human embryonic stem cells can turn into T helper cells, which are destroyed in HIV/AIDS. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be turned into a large range of functioning cells and so have a lot of potential for

Honda announces Greensburg plant
WTHR - Yeah, that would be excellent." Tracy Elliott with Damien Center says even if there's no Gates cash for treatment, the Buffett grant could clear the way for a lot more research on an AIDS cure and vaccine. And some of that could come to institutes in

25 years on, still no AIDS cure
Portsmouth Herald - 1981 - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports first cases of rare pneumonia in young gay men, later diagnosed as AIDS-related 1982 - CDC scientists name what had previously been called "Gay cancer" AIDS and names four risk

Ride to raise funds for AIDS cure
Desert Sun - A 130-mile bike ride from Los Angeles to Palm Springs is expected to raise about $5,000 for the Desert AIDS Project. The ride will start Saturday in West Hollywood and end at 5 p.m. Sunday at Toucan s Tiki Lounge in Palm Springs. The ride is part

No sound in a loud shop
Odessa American Online - He said some common misconceptions are that all deaf people are the same, and that hearing aids cure deafness. They don t cure hearing problems the way my eyeglasses cure my vision problems, he said. Most of them just make sounds

UNAIDS response cheers Tian
Times of Zambia - Prof Tian caused a stir during the recent Organisation of African Unity (OAU) heads of state summit when he told UN Secretary General Koffi Annan that he had an AIDS cure. The UN chief told him to hand over his investigation paper to UNAIDS executive