Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have nabbed a gang of three HIV-infected chain snatchers, who had entered into physical relation with the several sex workers in Bengaluru, police said on Friday. The investigations have revealed that the accused persons in the age group of 20-30 years, despite being infected with HIV, established physical relations with sex […]
Hyderabad: In the last few years, the gene-editing tool CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has quickly emerged as a powerful technique that has the potential to end many diseases in the coming decades and even have a profound impact on the evolution of the human race. Through CRISPR, geneticists can alter the human […]
New Delhi: Sex is a vital part of human existence as it’s the process that leads to the birth of future offspring. That being said, it’s not the only reason why people do it as pleasure is also involved, however, if not practiced safely engaging in sexual activities can also lead to sexually transmitted diseases […]
New Delhi: Over 17 lakh people contracted HIV in the country in the last 10 years due to unprotected intercourse, according to the data provided by National AIDS Control Organization in response to an RTI query. However, the number of people contracting HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in the last 10 years has come down significantly. […]
New York: US scientists are using new advances in CRISPR gene-editing technology to uncover new biology that could lead to long-lasting treatments and new therapeutic strategies for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The HIV epidemic has been overlooked during the Covid-19 pandemic but represents a critical and ongoing threat to human health with an estimated 1.5 […]
Hyderabad: A patient from United States suffering from both cancer and HIV has become the first woman and third person in the world to get completely cured of the AIDS causing virus. While the treatment technique to cure HIV among all the three patients was risky, experimental and expensive, it sure has raised a lot […]
Hyderabad: The University of Hyderabad has been granted patent for ‘High active antiretroviral combination drugs loaded lactoferrin nanoparticles for first line and second line therapy’. This has been developed in the laboratory for molecular therapeutics, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, under the supervision of Prof. Anand K. Kondapi for targeted delivery […]
