Development of Combined Anti-Heroin and HIV Vaccine

Development of Combined Anti-heroin and HIV Vaccine

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Washington, D.C. – infoZine – Dr. Gary R. Matyas has been selected the 2012 recipient of the NIDA Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development. Matyas proposes to develop an effective, safe and easily manufactured combination anti-heroin/HIV vaccine …
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The battle against AIDS

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Now, as reported to the biennial meeting of the International AIDS Society, held this week in Washington, DC, effective treatment can be had for $ 200 a year, and more than 8m people are being treated. That is only just over half the … So-called …
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Africa: Address By the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa …

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Africa: Address By the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe At the Opening of the XIX International Aids Conference, Washington DC, USA. 23 July 2012. Comment. document. Photo: Gilead. A new HIV prevention drug Truvada has …
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Witness – Witness – Lost and Found – Washington, DC faces a growing mentally ill and homeless population. The mentally ill homeless are unemployed, often unemployable, uninsured and destitute. We follow Nellie and David as they get in contact with a programme that strives to assist them and stabilise their day to day living. The Washington programme for mentally ill includes traditional outreach, drug courts that are funnelling minor offenders into treatment instead of jail and a housing model that could effectively get them off the streets.