March 18, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

March 18, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

HIV

HIVLenacapavirPre-exposure prophylaxis

Lenacapavir: After FDA approval, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis injectable moving closer to EU approval

In a trial in South Africa and Uganda, there were zero HIV infections among 2,134 participants who received Lenacapavir PrEP injectable once in six months. Gilead Sciences has licensed four pharmaceutical manufacturers in India to make and sell generic Lenacapavir

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Trial shows success in treating drug-resistant TB

A 26-week treatment of 109 XDR-TB and MDR-TB patients with three oral drugs — bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid — showed

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HealthHIVResearchScience

More to be done for self-care in sexual and reproductive health in India

India has some distance to go before self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health becomes freely available to women in

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Explainer: Why is China laying down gene editing rules?

Dr. He’s experiment violates the 2003 guidelines that prohibits the use of gene-manipulated embryos for reproductive purposes. China has posted

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HIV: Tamil Nadu case turns the spotlight on safe blood availability

A 23-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu tested positive for HIV after receiving a unit of blood at a government

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Trump team weakened global efforts to control marketing of baby formula

By Susie Neilson  Changes made to an international breastfeeding resolution under pressure from the Trump administration are more extensive than

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HIVNatureResearchScience

Controling HIV-like virus in monkeys by early intervention

In an interesting study, the immune system of monkeys was found capable of controlling HIV-like virus (simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV))

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Top health stories of 2016

On the health front, the year 2016 witnessed a few setbacks and but also a few positive developments. Here are

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First CRISPR trial on humans set to begin

On June 21, the National Institutes of Health gave permission for starting the first ever clinical trial using CRISPR genome-editing

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HIV

A smartphone dongle to diagnose HIV, syphilis

A palm-sized dongle connected to a smartphone will soon be able to diagnose HIV and syphilis with good accuracy. The

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EditorialHIV

Editorial: Irrational prejudice against HIV

That India still has no anti-discrimination law to protect the interests of HIV positive people shows how little the nation

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India scores by battling HIV/AIDS but falls short fighting TB and malaria

The global burden and mortality from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria across the world, and in the developing countries in particular,

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EditorialHIV

Editorial: Too early to cheer on HIV

Published in The Hindu on March 14, 2013 It is too early to celebrate the recent news of a breakthrough

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