HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Wednesday, July 26, 2006


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NetIndia123.com - authorities on an appeal filed by a city-based advocate seeking protection to his life and property from a local corporator who had trespassed into his site and installed a statue of late thespian Rajkumar. * K'taka HC admits petition on HIV/AIDS cure

WHO shows interest in Tian immune booster
Times of Zambia - of his drug at the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) summit when the agenda to discuss the HIV/AIDS pandemic comes up. He called on all stakeholders worldwide to supplement his efforts as this would be the only way of seeking the HIV/AIDS cure.

Nutrition no HIV/Aids cure
Health 24 - But in the midst of the controversy, thousands and thousands of people living with HIV/Aids are trying to make sense of mixed messages, desperately wanting to improve their quality of life. "It may help to bear one thing in mind namely that sound

Gates gives $287m to HIV research
BBC Americas - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $287m ( 155m) in a bid to speed up the development of a vaccine for the HIV/Aids virus. The money is being split into 16 grants for science teams across the world - with the aim that they work more

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Tuesday, July 25, 2006


AIDS at 25: And the band continues to plays on
Inside Bay Area - When asked if she thinks her patients will live to see a cure for AIDS, Slome says she's not so sure about a cure, but believes the disease will become a chronic treatable illness that is still more than five years away. So in the meantime, she wants

Youth Alive Zambia stages anti-AIDS concert
Times of Zambia - ATTENDANCE to last weekend s Youths Alive Zambia (YAZ) concert at Lusaka showgrounds was overwhelming in honour of abstinence as the only cure for AIDS. School pupils attended the music concert whose theme was Abstinence a life-time investment

Our Opinions: Jackpot
Wichita Falls Times Record News - Buffett is giving about $31 billion of his company's stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He will give $3 billion a year until 2009. The Gates foundation is already the nation's largest. Its goal has been to find a cure for AIDS, TB and

Do you know your status?
BBC News - Does taking an HIV test find a cure for AIDS? I don't see any reason why I should bother taking a test. How would I cope with stress if I found out that I am positive? No counsellors to give me emotional support. Apart from that, discrimination is

Testing testing HIV
Mail & Guardian Online - So instead they make excuses as weak as the health minister s take on diet as the cure for Aids. They say they don t need to get tested because their partner promised that she was clear -- even if she can t remember the name of the last

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Tuesday, July 18, 2006


Heineman too restrictive on stem cells
Lincoln Journal Star, NE - 6 hours ago... let's say that a cure for AIDS or Parkinson's or Alzheimer's is discovered, and the cure must be derived from embryonic stem cells. ...

AIDS Research Should Not Destroy Human Embryos, CMDA Doctor ...
Agape Press, MS - 22 hours ago... virus. He says researchers need to focus on other avenues in seeking a cure for AIDS and other immune system diseases. Investigators ...

The FCC goes mad for mergers while media bigwigs hobnob and hatch ...
The American Prospect, MA - 2 hours ago... of California at Los Angeles used stem cells to create T-cells, cells that fight disease within the body -- a development that could lead to a cure for AIDS. ...

South Africa: Health-E Reporters Get African Award for Excellence ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 22 hours ago... Khopotso Bodibe and Anso Thom earned the award for their investigative reporting on the misuse of vitamin regimens as a cure for AIDS among poor populations in ...

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

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Saturday, July 15, 2006


Buffett's gift may help find AIDS cure
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - NEW YORK Warren Buffett's $31 billion gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help the foundation pursue its longstanding goal of curing the globe's most fatal diseases, Gates said Monday, along with improving American education. The

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

Nutrition no HIV/Aids cure
Health 24 - But in the midst of the controversy, thousands and thousands of people living with HIV/Aids are trying to make sense of mixed messages, desperately wanting to improve their quality of life. "It may help to bear one thing in mind namely that sound

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

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Friday, July 14, 2006


Presented to Daniel Moreno Teen has a drive to help people
San Francisco Gate - He would like to major in biology with an emphasis on genetics, because he would like to research cures for AIDS and cancer. "At some point, I'll decide whether I'll join the Peace Corps," Moreno said. "It's not that I feel that I have an

Britain's MI5 chief ordered to explain why great-granny spy not
Turkish Daily News - Past efforts to combat AIDS have focussed on medical aspects and the distant prospects of finding cost-effective treatment and cures for AIDS-related illness. The four-day Lusaka meeting, which has attracted thousands of delegates, researchers

PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - June 27
Reuters - Buffett to try to find cures for AIDS and other fatal diseases. * The Palestinian Authority president ordered his forces to find a captured Israeli soldier as Israel warned of military action. * President Bush says media reports on a secret program to

Residents, vacationers remember moon landing
Daily Star - There are a lot better places to put those funds, like using them to find cures for AIDS and malaria. But those causes don t seem to catch the fire of the public imagination." Still, some area residents and vacationers said the prospect of human

When will same-sex marriage be allowed?
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Last week a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage failed to pass in the Senate. However, Republicans plan to take the issue to the U.S. House of Representatives, so the gay marriage issue is sure to be front page news for some time to come. The way

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Tuesday, July 11, 2006


AIDS organization using billboards, radio to raise awareness
Daily Star - The rest will go up in Davenport, Sidney, and again in Oneonta in October and November, Osterweil said Sept. 14. The billboard shows a blue-and-red pill with "knowledge" written on it. "Prevents HIV. Fights AIDS. Cures hopelessness," is written below

Science and Health Editor
Business Day South Africa - A host of unproven AIDS cures have been touted in SA, which is home to more than 5,5-million HIV-positive people, according to the United Nations. These include virodene, which turned out to be toxic industrial solvent, and the herbal mixture

South African professor of Indian origin suspended
New Kerala - A host of unproven AIDS "cures" have been touted in South Africa, which is home to more than 5.5 million HIV-positive people. Copyright 2006 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar

Cancer doctor bogus
Herald Sun - TERMINALLY ill Australians may have been among the victims of a bogus doctor accused of injecting people with fake cancer and AIDS cures peddled on the internet. Police alleged several foreigners travelled to Thailand with false hopes, only to die

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Monday, July 10, 2006


Residents, vacationers remember moon landing
Daily Star - There are a lot better places to put those funds, like using them to find cures for AIDS and malaria. But those causes don t seem to catch the fire of the public imagination." Still, some area residents and vacationers said the prospect of human

Britain's MI5 chief ordered to explain why great-granny spy not
Turkish Daily News - Past efforts to combat AIDS have focussed on medical aspects and the distant prospects of finding cost-effective treatment and cures for AIDS-related illness. The four-day Lusaka meeting, which has attracted thousands of delegates, researchers

Presented to Daniel Moreno Teen has a drive to help people
San Francisco Gate - He would like to major in biology with an emphasis on genetics, because he would like to research cures for AIDS and cancer. "At some point, I'll decide whether I'll join the Peace Corps," Moreno said. "It's not that I feel that I have an

A Tale of Two Indias
MSNBC - Meanwhile, countless thousands of HIV-positive Indians are turning to traditional healers who peddle herbal potions as cures for AIDS. In fact India's best-known AIDS doctor is not a doctor at all but a 68-year-old mining engineer named T. A. Majeed

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Saturday, July 08, 2006


A Tale of Two Indias
MSNBC - Meanwhile, countless thousands of HIV-positive Indians are turning to traditional healers who peddle herbal potions as cures for AIDS. In fact India's best-known AIDS doctor is not a doctor at all but a 68-year-old mining engineer named T. A. Majeed

Residents, vacationers remember moon landing
Daily Star - There are a lot better places to put those funds, like using them to find cures for AIDS and malaria. But those causes don t seem to catch the fire of the public imagination." Still, some area residents and vacationers said the prospect of human

Presented to Daniel Moreno Teen has a drive to help people
San Francisco Gate - He would like to major in biology with an emphasis on genetics, because he would like to research cures for AIDS and cancer. "At some point, I'll decide whether I'll join the Peace Corps," Moreno said. "It's not that I feel that I have an

When will same-sex marriage be allowed?
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Last week a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage failed to pass in the Senate. However, Republicans plan to take the issue to the U.S. House of Representatives, so the gay marriage issue is sure to be front page news for some time to come. The way

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Friday, July 07, 2006


Nutrition no HIV/Aids cure
Health 24 - But in the midst of the controversy, thousands and thousands of people living with HIV/Aids are trying to make sense of mixed messages, desperately wanting to improve their quality of life. "It may help to bear one thing in mind namely that sound

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

New 3D image of HIV may hasten AIDS cure
Onlypunjab.com - In a pathbreaking research scientists at Florida State University have produced a remarkable three-dimensional image of the HIV virus and the protein spikes on its surface that allow it to bind and fuse with human immune cells. Findings from this

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

Apple Cures AIDS, Cancer Coming Soon
Outside Beltway - Jobs said his AIDS cure is fast, easy to use and comes in a cool white package that s so hip people will want to wear it. Critics, however, immediately noted that Apple s iDose HIV-buster medication is expensive, and won t work at all if

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Wednesday, July 05, 2006


Buffet's gift may signal a trend toward charity
Star-Banner - Melinda Gates dreams, for instance, of a cure for AIDS. And then there is Bill Gates, still only 50 and a billionaire as early as 1987. Interestingly enough, he told reporters last this week at his headquarters: "With success, I have been given great

Battle HIV/AIDS with science, not ideology
Gay.com - We cannot set our sights lower than finding a cure for AIDS." When elected, he will double domestic funding for HIV/AIDS and encourage states to expand Medicaid to cover HIV-positive Americans. In addition, John Kerry will keep funds flowing to cities

Microsoft Research Shows Off Tomorrow's Technology Today
WinInfo - At this year's TechFest event, Microsoft Research demonstrated technologies ranging from consumer- and programmer-oriented computer tools to an HIV tracking system that might eventually lead to a cure for AIDS. Like earlier TechFest events, the

Your dusty old PC may hold the cure for cancer
CNN - SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Researcher David Baker believes the key to an AIDS vaccine or a cure for cancer may be that old PC sitting under a layer of dust in your closet or the one on your desk doing little else but running a screen saver. Those

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Tuesday, July 04, 2006


Nutrition no HIV/Aids cure
Health 24 - But in the midst of the controversy, thousands and thousands of people living with HIV/Aids are trying to make sense of mixed messages, desperately wanting to improve their quality of life. "It may help to bear one thing in mind namely that sound

HIV/AIDS Cure headlines for Sunday, July 02, 2006


AIDS organization using billboards, radio to raise awareness
Daily Star - The rest will go up in Davenport, Sidney, and again in Oneonta in October and November, Osterweil said Sept. 14. The billboard shows a blue-and-red pill with "knowledge" written on it. "Prevents HIV. Fights AIDS. Cures hopelessness," is written below