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An international research team believe they have discovered why the immune system is unable to control HIV infection.

The team have found a molecular pathway involved in the…

American and South African scientists working at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa have discovered how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) “exhausts” killer T cells that would otherwise…

Cases in which an HIV-positive person is infected with more than one strain of the virus are more common than previously believed, Canadian and U.S.…

As many as one in 300 HIV patients never get sick and never suffer damage to their immune systems and AIDS experts said on Wednesday they want to know why.

Most have…

An international, multi-institutional research consortium is seeking to discover how a few HIV-infected individuals are naturally able to suppress replication of the virus.

The Elite Controller Collaborative Study, the first large-scale haplotype-mapping study in…

Many populations worldwide have seen a decrease in HIV prevalence, but in several countries drug use is fueling new HIV epidemics. Prevention has become a key focus of the 16th…

There is no vaccine against AIDS and none of the dozens of vaccines being tested is likely to completely protect people from the deadly virus, but the future looks bright for…

Ten times more people in Africa are getting life-saving AIDS drugs than just three years ago, but still most get no treatment and the pandemic continues to…

Developing countries with few resources to fight AIDS could take their lead from Thailand’s prevention programs of recent years, which have allowed it to provide nearly free drug treatments…

Circumcision, microbicides and drugs all offer promising new possibilities for battling the AIDS pandemic, but it will not be easy to roll out this arsenal of prevention methods,…

The light scent of marijuana wafted among exhibits at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, as activists took advantage of Canada’s comparatively pot-friendly policies to make a…

With antiretroviral therapy for adults with HIV infection continuing to evolve, the International AIDS Society -  USA Panel has issued updated recommendations for the treatment of HIV, according…

In the first head-to-head comparison between two commonly used HIV treatments, researchers found one triple-drug therapy was significantly more effective at reducing HIV viral load in the blood when…

Adding a fourth drug to an antiretroviral regimen for the initial treatment of HIV-1 did not lead to significant differences in reducing HIV levels in the…

A growing number of countries are supporting coercive or discriminatory HIV testing programs that fail to ensure confidentiality, a U.S. human rights group said on Thursday ahead of an…

The United Nations has chosen Armenia as host for its UNAIDS regional joint project center for fighting AIDS. The Yerevan office, set up this spring, will coordinate a…

Armenicum - a drug invented by Armenian scientist to treat AIDS

Armenicum is an anti-HIV therapy currently being studied in Armenia and other countries from the former Soviet Union. The product is supposed to have been…

The drug “Armenicum” is intended for treatment of HIV-infected adults in symptomatic and AIDS stages.

Clinical trials of the drug were started in Scientific Clinical Centre “Armenicum” in November, 1998 (Phase II). 240…

HIV-infection is a slowly but inevitably progressive immunodeficiency state developing in the result of the contamination with HIV-causative agent and leading to a number of fatal complications. The later clinically manifested stage…

Armenian doctors are sure that the modern-day plague can be beaten as hundreds of patients suffering from AIDS have already undergone treatment at a Yerevan clinic and feel well, Russia’s RIA…

The AIDS situation in Armenia is not so favorable.

According to official data, the number of HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients in Armenia is 124, but in fact…

Western Aids experts have poured cold water on reports from Armenia of a possible cure for the killer disease.

The treatment, Armenicum, is under development in Yerevan in Armenia, where there are claims…

Yerevan August 06, Armenpress- Armenicum is considered the best medicine against AIDs. One week ago it was massively tested in India, Armenian defense minister Serj Sargssian said adding that the number…

Armenicum is an anti-HIV therapy currently being studied in Armenia and other countries from the former Soviet Union. The product is supposed to have been developed as part of an anti-germ/chemical warfare inoculation for…

Only one in five people with HIV in poor and middle-income countries receives the drugs that treat the virus, said a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…