HealthDecember 1, 2008
Tuberculosis conspires with HIV to make the disease worse
In Africa, patients and doctors battle the double whammy of AIDS and TB
AIDS Today--And Tomorrow
On World AIDS Day, we look at the outcome of PEPFAR, President Bush's international AIDS program, the aftermath of a controversial HIV-prevention trial, and the future of microbicides--women-controlled AIDS prevention
The SciencesDecember 1, 2008
HIV Life Cycle Basics
Efforts to devise vaccines and treatments for HIV depend on knowledge of the virus's life cycle
HealthDecember 1, 2008
Fact or Fiction?: Circumcision Helps Prevent HIV Infection
We unpack whether a controversial prevention method works
HealthDecember 1, 2008
Can HIV Infection Be Prevented with a Once-Daily Pill?
Once the bane of global activists and politicians in developing nations, pre-exposure HIV preventatives are being tested in AIDS-stricken Africa
HealthDecember 1, 2008
Protecting Women from HIV--Docs Hopeful About Microbicides
Despite disappointing study results, scientists haven't given up on creating an effective way for women to protect themselves against HIV
HealthDecember 1, 2008
The U.S.'s $18.8-Billion Global AIDS Initiative--5 Years Later
The Bush administration's international AIDS program has been hailed as a success story, but will President-elect Obama follow through with a higher quality, fewer-strings-attached plan?
HealthDecember 1, 2008
Triple Helix: Designing a New Molecule of Life
Peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic hybrid of protein and DNA, could form the basis of a new class of drugs—and of artificial life unlike anything found in nature
Mind & BrainDecember 1, 2008
Why Do Men Buy Sex?
Some researchers say johns seek intimacy on demand; others believe these men typically want to use and dominate women
HealthNovember 26, 2008
To end AIDS, test and treat everyone, study says
The SciencesNovember 18, 2008
Do scientists self-censor in politically charged grant applications?
HealthNovember 1, 2008
Special Report: HIV--25 Years Later
The big challenges in the fight against HIV/AIDS
HealthNovember 1, 2008
Hope and the Fight against HIV
The battle must continue, even if 25 years of research have disappointed
HealthNovember 1, 2008
25 Years Later: The AIDS Vaccine Search Goes On
Repeated failures in the quest for an AIDS vaccine have sent investigators back to the drawing board
HealthOctober 6, 2008
AIDS in 1988
In their first collaborative article 20 years ago, 2008 Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier, along with Robert Gallo, co-investigators who discovered HIV, introduced a Scientific American single-topic issue on AIDS. They recounted the breakthrough and offered prospects for vaccine, for therapy and for the epidemic
HealthOctober 6, 2008
Montagnier, Barre-Sinoussi and zur Hausen Share Nobel
Physiology or medicine prize recognizes work on HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) linked to cervical cancer--but leaves out Robert Gallo
HealthOctober 2, 2008
More than 1.1 million people living with HIV in the U.S.