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HIV & Injection Drug Users At High Risk Of HepD Infection

A cohort study has revealed that 90 percent of HIV-infected injection drug users in Taiwan are also co-infected with hepatitis D.

Decrypting Cryptosporidium In Rural China

A microfluidic device that detects the opportunistic pathogen Cryptosporidium could help to bring accurate diagnosis to rural areas.

India’s Spending Cuts Will Hurt Already Inadequate Health Services

A commentary published in The BMJ has warned that the recently announced health spending cuts will weaken India's public health system.

Snipping Out HIV

Someday, editing our genome could be as simple as cut-and-paste, writes Tang Yew Chung.

Sorting Cells With Glass Microbubbles

Glass microbeads can be used to count CD4+ T-cells in areas without access to magnetic separators or centrifuges.

7 Must-Read Stories In December 2014

Amidst exciting space news from India and the encouraging discovery of broadly neutralizing dengue antibodies comes the tragic story of a HIV outbreak in Cambodia.

Cambodian Village Hit By HIV Mass Infection

The unlicensed doctor suspected to be responsible for infecting over 100 people with HIV has been charged with murder.

Yamanaka: iPSCs Could Help Fill Our Blood Banks

Imagine a world where we no longer need blood donors, says Professor Shinya Yamanaka, Nobel laureate and inventor of induced pluripotent stem cell technology.

Gilead Allows India & China To Produce Generic HIV/HBV Drug

An agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool allows generics manufacturers in India and China to produce Gilead's HBV and HIV drug, tenofovir alafenamide.