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Back to basics in HIV research

Many HIV vaccines and microbicides have failed clinical trials and HIV researchers say the field needs to get back to basics.

FEATURE | 28 August 2009 | EN | 中文

South African HIV trial gets long-awaited go ahead

After years of legal wrangling and controversy, authorities finally approved an anti-HIV drug trial. Sharon Davis and Christina Scott report.

FEATURE | 9 August 2007 | EN

Science shapes outcome of Libyan HIV trial

Scientific evidence helped bring clemency for the medics found guilty of infecting Libyan children with HIV, writes Declan Butler.

FEATURE | 20 July 2007 | EN | 中文

TB or not TB: The threat of bovine tuberculosis

Bovine tuberculosis is no less dangerous to humans than common TB, but relatively little is known about it, reports Natasha Bolognesi.

FEATURE | 4 July 2007 | EN | 中文

The missing link in South Africa's HIV research

Two HIV research centres in South Africa are producing vital science, but with almost no collaboration between them, reports Michael Cherry.

FEATURE | 4 May 2007 | EN | 中文

China keeping track of railway environment

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is an ecological success, but will need long-term monitoring, say Changhui Peng and colleagues.

FEATURE | 27 April 2007 | EN | 中文

Power struggles and the fight against TB and HIV

The division between global programmes to fight TB and HIV is undermining the fight against the two diseases — but there are signs of change, reports Apoorva Mandavilli.

FEATURE | 7 March 2007 | EN | 中文

High hopes for AIDS public-private partnership

Oil and gas companies have launched an ambitious partnership for confronting a potential HIV explosion in the Niger delta.

FEATURE | 11 January 2007 | EN

A fresh start: South Africa's war on HIV/AIDS

South Africa has unveiled a new plan for tackling HIV/AIDS, seeking to end the controversy of the recent past, reports Robert Koenig.

FEATURE | 1 December 2006 | EN | 中文

Western and traditional healing meet over HIV

Natasha Bolognesi reports on one woman's efforts to bridge the divide between Western science and traditional medicine in South Africa.

FEATURE | 12 October 2006 | EN | 中文

A hard look at HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean

Jon Cohen reports from Latin America and the Caribbean on the region's HIV/AIDS epidemic and efforts to control it.

FEATURE | 28 July 2006 | EN | ES

Fighting HIV/AIDS with low-tech tactics

With an HIV vaccine proving elusive, researchers are assessing the value of simpler, preventive strategies to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.

FEATURE | 12 August 2005 | EN | 中文

India teeters on edge of HIV catastrophe

Government inaction and changing sexual habits could make HIV infection in India spill over into the wider population, reports Apoorva Mandavilli.

FEATURE | 5 August 2005 | EN

Controversy and science reporting in South Africa

Tamar Kahn describes some of the problems faced by South African science journalists, who report on controversial issues such as HIV/AIDS and genetic modification.

FEATURE | 8 October 2004 | EN

Time to invest in microbicides

Helen Pilcher describes why microbicides are needed in the fight against HIV/AIDS in developing nations, and highlights recent research progress in microbicide development.

FEATURE | 8 July 2004 | EN

Cheap HIV/AIDS monitoring for Africa

A cheap and simple method — developed by a South African scientist — for monitoring infection in HIV/AIDS patients, is benefiting people throughout Africa and beyond.

FEATURE | 29 June 2004 | EN

AIDS in Asia — a different path from Africa's epidemic

Jon Cohen explores current theories about trends in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia, and how they compare with the African epidemic.

FEATURE | 25 June 2004 | EN

AIDS 'threatens African environment'

Emmanuel Koro describes how sub-Saharan Africa's HIV/ AIDS epidemic is threatening more than human health.

FEATURE | 24 June 2004 | EN

China's HIV/AIDS 'window of opportunity'

Jon Cohen reports on hopes that China's HIV/AIDS prevention and control strategy will take-off — before the epidemic does.

FEATURE | 4 June 2004 | EN

Tackling AIDS in China

SARS was a wake-up call that allowed China's government to focus on HIV/AIDS, says leading HIV researcher David Ho. But a considerable gulf between leaders' plans and public perception remains.

FEATURE | 11 May 2004 | EN