Spain leads the most important and ambitious EU research fight AIDS project
Chemical/pharmaceutical ESTEVE group signs partnership agreement with IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, allowing ESTEVE to join research project. Partnership has been driven by Obra Social “La Caixa” and the Generalitat de Catalunya health department.
This initiative, first of this kind in Spain, situates the Iberian Peninsula […]

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A new US study has found that being circumcised significantly reduced the risk of HIV infection in heterosexual African-American men known to have been exposed to the virus.
The findings of the new study, along with similar results from other studies, suggest that circumcision may protect other heterosexual males in the US.
The promising new findings are […]

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Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman.
Scientists had long believed that the normal lining of the female vaginal tract was an effective barrier to invasion of the HIV virus during sexual intercourse. They thought the large HIV virus couldn’t penetrate the tissue.
But […]

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Taking a sobering look back at what went wrong in recent, high-profile failures of two human trials of candidate AIDS vaccines, scientists have reached the consensus: A viable vaccine is still very possible, and with it comes the potential to wipe out HIV/AIDS. But the science behind any new candidate vaccine must be much stronger […]

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A study at Indiana University focusing 30 black New York City men who have sex with men and women found they  feared that their bisexuality disclosure put them at risk for physical and emotional harm.
The researchers suggest that broader social awareness and acceptance of male bisexuality is a necessary component of HIV prevention efforts targeted at […]

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The rate of new HIV infections among young gay or bisexual black men is significantly higher than new infections among whites and Hispanics of the same age, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
“The number of new HIV infections among young black men who have sex with men is alarming,” Dr. Kevin […]

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