This year s Nobel prizes are truly grounded in practicality

The Oprah Show . ABC Network . September 19 . 2002 The activist rock-star Bono of the band U2 appeared on an extended episode of Oprah Winfrey show to take his campaign against debt in

Chimps are not victimised by AIDS because a lethal sickness has made their immune system resistant to the disease

uk drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to slash prices of medicines used to treat hiv/aids and malaria. The drug giant

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Brazil is going global with its highly potent anti-aids programme. It will share its know-how in combating the disease with other countries. That the nation has succeeded in cutting its

Blissfully unaware India and China to be hardest hit

An hiv/aids catastrophe is staring China in the face. A un report warns that spread of the virus in the country could result in unimaginable human suffering, economic loss and social

Pact on aids vaccine sparks debate on human trials