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AIDS

  • The breakthrough

    IT COULD be the key to unlocking the mystery of the AIDS virus. Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Maryland, have found a protein that enables

  • Genetic aid

    Crippled Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) could be useful in gene therapy, says Inder Verma, a gene therapy specialist at the Salk Institute in California, USA. Retroviruses, the family to

  • Not so fast

    FAULTY AIDS test kits manufactured by the Chicago-based Abbott laboratories Incorporated, have forced thousands of Europeans to face the anxiety of undergoing the test all over again.

  • Crying out for aid

    Crying out for aid

    With one of the highest growth rate of AIDS cases in the world, India sees a boom in 'opportunistic infections' baffling doctors

  • UGANDA

    Known as the country hardest-hit by AIDS, Uganda is slowly gaining all upper hand in its fight against the deadly disease. Recent studies have shown that the spread of AIDS has slowed clown

  • A ray of hope

    A TEAM of researchers from Mumbai's University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT) have discovered a potential 'magic bullet' to be used in the war against AIDS. The group of students led

  • Puppets to the aid

    A three-day training-cum- workshop for disseminating information on AIDS control was organised by Disha, an NGC, at the New Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The aim was

  • INDIA

    • Indian textile exporters will have no choice but to switch to eco-friendly dyes in view of the German ban on import of textiles using azo dyes. The ban will finally came into effect from April

  • JAPAN

    Horrifying details about the health ministry's negligence and connivance in spreading the Hiv among nearly 2,000 haemophiliacs in the country, have come to light after more than a decade.

  • SCOURGE SCARE

    With the AIDS scourge assuming gigantic proportions in the South Asian countries, senior officials of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ~et at a four-day workshop recently In

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