New Drug Is Said to Offer Hope for Vaginal Gel to Block HIV
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Scientists say they have a promising new lead in the quest to develop a vaginal gel that women could apply before sexual intercourse to block the AIDS virus.
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A drug used to treat people infected  with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future  weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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A new contrast agent could help those for whom mammography is ineffective.
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German scientists have found a new way to prevent the HIV virus from replicating, offering hope in the face of the virus's increasing resistance to existing drugs.
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A new HIV drug shows promising results in people for whom other treatments no longer work, a study suggests.
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NDORI, Kenya -- Giving antiretroviral drugs to pregnant women has long been celebrated as one of the few successful tactics in the war against AIDS in Africa. A single pill for a woman in labor, followed by a sip of syrup for her newborn baby, cuts HIV transmission rates by more than half, potent...
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A new drug in the form of a topical cream may be able to stop the transmission of HIV to women during intercourse, according to new research.
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German scientists have found a new way  to prevent the HIV virus from replicating, offering hope in the  face of the virus's increasing resistance to existing drugs.
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NEW YORK  - For the treatment of vaginal  bacterial infections, ovules containing the combination of  metronidazole plus nystatin are significantly more effective  than metronidazole gel, according to results of a trial  conducted in Lima, Peru.
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The world's leading drugmakers are  racing to be first to market with a new kind of pill that can  block the AIDS virus before it enters human cells, experts said  on Wednesday.
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HIV can dodge destruction by powerful antiretroviral drugs by hiding out in the testicles, scientists say.
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A contraceptive drug that avoids the side effects of hormonal birth control is on the horizon, say scientists.
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A new drug identified by researchers at Johnson &amp; Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development may revolutionize the way tuberculosis is treated around the world.
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A combination of two experimental AIDS drugs can help control the deadly virus in people who are infected with highly resistant forms, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
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A chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don't use a condom.    The experimental drug isn't ready for human testing yet, but it provided potent protection to female monkeys exposed to large amounts of an AIDS virus, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Science...
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Two drug companies announced Monday they will collaborate on developing the first all-in-one, once-a-day pill to treat HIV infection - a long-sought goal that would make it
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The excitement over a novel class of drugs being developed to fight HIV has been dampened by fears they could pose serious safety risks, including the possibility they might actually speed the progression of AIDS.