Scientists, activists sue South Africa's AIDS 'denialists'
@article{Watson2006ScientistsAS, title={Scientists, activists sue South Africa's AIDS 'denialists'}, author={James Watson}, journal={Nature Medicine}, year={2006}, volume={12}, pages={6-6} }
Lawsuit alleges that at least five people have died in illegal trials.
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HIV Denial in the Internet Era
- ArtPLoS medicine
- 2007
The Internet has served as a fertile and un-refereed medium to spread HIV denialist beliefs, argue the authors.
South Africa's national response to HIV and AIDS treatment: popular media's perspective.
- EconomicsCroatian medical journal
- 2008
HIV treatment with antiretroviral treatment has, therefore, the potential to reverse or at least limit the economic decline that many southern African countries have faced as a result of AIDS.
Informed consent for HIV cure research in South Africa: issues to consider
- Medicine, PsychologyBMC medical ethics
- 2015
Research ethics committees have an important role to play in ensuring that participants understand the basic concepts discussed in the informed consent process, that they understand that research is not clinical care and they are unlikely to benefit from any early phase trials seeking to cure HIV/AIDS.
HIV infection and AIDS among young women in South Africa.
- MedicineCroatian medical journal
- 2008
The prevalence of HIV among young women in South Africa and the reasons for such a high prevalence are presented and an overview of the intervention programs that are currently under way with an aim to reduce the vulnerability of young women are given.
A study of the dating and sexual challenges faced by HIV positive people.
- Psychology
- 2012
Dating and sexual relations are basic processes in the lives of most human beings. However, dating and sexual relationships in HIV positive peoples’ lives are fraught with challenges. Limited…
HIV/AIDS at a South African University: investigating the role of Walter Sisulu University's prevention role players and student behaviour at the Institute for Advanced Tooling
- Psychology
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This thesis investigated perceptions of HIV/AIDS at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU), situated in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study focused on understanding opinions related to HIV/AIDS…
Preliminary findings in cure of two HAART experienced HIV patients by stopping reverse dissemination from bone marrow CD4 progenitors
- Medicine
- 2013
Two patients show achievement of radical cure of HIV by absence of viral resurgence for eight months after stoppage of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Use of Silver Nanoparticles in HIV Treatment Protocols: A Research
- Biology
- 2011
The present investigation is designed to test the efficacy of silver nanoparticle preparations using a pretest- posttest methodology to increase awareness of a complimentary approach to HIV treatment and to stimulate futuresilver nanoparticle research.
Maximizing the Delivery Performance of Point-of-Care CD4+ T-Cell Counting Tests in Resource-Limited Settings - A Policy Brief
- Materials Science
- 2013
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- Medicine, Biology
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A correlation plot between ALT and AST levels showed a non-significant correlation between these transaminases in the three groups and a month-by-month documentation of the prescribed drug combination provided an avenue for calculating each patient's individual cumulative drug exposure.
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