Was U.S. baby infected with HIV at all?
Published in The Hindu on March 7, 2013 A few days after the news broke of a “functional cure” in
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Pilot project to test TB drug as prophylactic to HIV-infected
Published in The Hindu on December 15, 2012 The Chennai-based National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre)
Read MoreTB control programme to engage private sector
Published in The Hindu on September 20, 2012 India’s TB control policy for 2012-2017 may mark a paradigm shift in
Read MoreInterim results of TB vaccine trial expected soon
Published in The Hindu on September 13, 2012 The preliminary results of the much anticipated Phase II TB vaccine trial
Read MoreStarting ART early prevents tuberculosis
That starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in discordant couples, where one of the two partners is HIV positive, results in 96
Read MoreHIV self-testing: ‘The benefits far outweigh the risks to society’
The OraQuick In-Home HIV Test was recently approved by the FDA advisory committee for sale over the counter.
Read MoreEditorial: A step closer to HIV prevention
Published in The Hindu on January 11, 2012 Time and again, HIV vaccine trials have proved right the dictum,
Read MoreEditorial: Gene therapy offers fresh hope
Published in The Hindu on December 14, 2011 While a quarter century of single-minded effort to find an efficacious HIV
Read MoreEditorial: A hero — but no magic this
Published in The Hindu on November 15, 2011 If discrimination against people infected with HIV continues to be a major
Read MoreEditorial: What ails public health research?
Published in The Hindu on May 2, 2011 Why has the incidence of tuberculosis in India remained around 170 per
Read MoreDedicated lab for HIV vaccine design
Published in The Hindu on March 3, 2011 After conducting a couple of AIDS vaccine trials in India, the New
Read MoreEditorial: Promising microbicide
Published in The Hindu on August 12, 2010 Half of the 33 million people living with HIV worldwide are women.
Read MoreEditorial: Revolutionary test for TB
A new test developed for diagnosing active tuberculosis is set to revolutionise treatment of a disease that kills 1.8 million
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