Mandyam Kumar, an expert at the Siddha Medical Research Institute, Bangalore, has developed an injectable medicine - "Solar Drop" - which claims to cure patients with full-blown AIDS

Tough measures to curtail the incidence Of AIDS have helped Cuba win what often seems a losing battle in many parts of the world. The methods, adopted a decade ago, include the quarantine of

An exorbitant wonder 'double drug' developed for improving survival chances from AIDS may elude needy patients in Africa and Asia

THE lethal human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) may yet be vanquished. Two teams of researchers in the Netherlands and the us have simultaneously unveiled 3-dimensional structures for part of the

A new device to detect the much feared AIDS virus, is now available in Malaysia. The test is done on the oral fluid of the suspected patient, instead of the usual procedure of testing the blood. This

Low levels of important nutrients like selenium can turn a benign virus into its virulent form, claim American scientists. Researchers Melinda Beck and her colleagues at the University

A US company, T Cell Sciences, has developed a cheaper and easier diagnostic test for people infected with AIDS. Called TFAx CD4, the test measures levels of critical white blood cells, known as

Indonesia's National Family Planning Board has opened a 24-hour AIDS telephone information line -- the AIDS/HIV Information and Consultancy Service -- for Jakarta residents. According to the daily