March 2014 Biology News

Nano-flares and Breast Cancer Diagnosis

An interesting new and potentially much better technology for diagnosing breast cancer.

Nano-Flares and Breast Cancer

 

Injections to Prevent HIV Spread

Promising research may lead to an injection every few months that could offer 100% protection against HIV.

New York Times

 

A Microbicide to Prevent HIV Infection for Post Coital Use

An experimental gel may be able to be used both before sex and after sex to prevent HIV transmission.

Science Magazine

 

CDC Confirms Female to Female HIV Transmission

It has been theoretically possible but considered rare, but now the CDC has documented a case of female to female HIV transmission.  This find does not change the fact that female to female transmission is and will continue to be rare.

RH  Reality Check

 

Early Treatment for HIV Babies

A second case has been reported of a baby that immediate antiretrovrial treatment and now shows an undetectable viral load.

RH Reality Check

 

Gene Editing as Treatment for HIV

A new study has found this approach to be safe, and may become a new tool in the arsenal against HIV

New England Journal of Medicine

 

Using Twitter to Track HIV Outcomes

Using Big data to find relationships between self-reported risky behaviors and HIV outbreaks by region.

Science Direct