Long COVID could be caused by the virus lingering in the body. Here's what the science saysLong COVID refers to symptoms that persist for more than 12 weeks after a COVID-19 infection, encompassing up to 200 different symptoms. Ev...
64-yr-old US lady is the first woman to be cured of HIV. But, the world is still decades away from a viable cure, warn scientistsA patient with leukemia, she was cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant.
Molnupiravir reduced Covid-linked hospitalisation by over 65%: StudyThe Phase III trial results of Hetero's Movfor (Molnupiravir), presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CR...
Phase III trials of COVID drug Movfor show positive results, says HeteroThe results, presented as an Oral Abstract at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held virtually February 12...
Stelis Biopharma gets CDSCO nod to export 50 million doses of Sputnik Light vaccineSputnik Light is a single dose vaccine. Stelis partnered with Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF to produce and supply the Russian Sputnik...
Can the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, which contain tiny fragments of the genetic material known as “messenger ribonuclei...
40 years since the first reported case of AIDS, where's the HIV vaccine?More people now have access to antiretroviral therapy, which keeps down the amount of virus in their body.
Origins of SARS-CoV-2: Why the lab-leak idea is being considered againSo far, none of these hypotheses have shown the origins of the virus. One of the first scenarios put forward that the Wuhan seafood market ...
After tablets, Hetero working on antiviral medicine Favipiravir injectionsIf successful, Hetero will become the first Indian drug maker to introduce favipiravir in injection form which is hitherto available only i...
Who was Flossie Wong-Staal and how can her work help with the Covid-19 pandemic?Wong-Staal passed way in the second week of July at 73.
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod to market generic HIV treatment tabletsThe approval from the USFDA is for Abacavir and Lamivudine tablets USP in the strength of 600 mg/300 mg, Zydus Cadila said.
- HIV-related viruses have infected primates for 16 million years
Lentiviruses closely related to HIV have infected primates in Africa as far back as 16 million years, a new study suggests.
New compound may treat HIV, drug-resistant TBResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new molecule that may treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and even HIV in...
- WHO approves Ranbaxy's drug Abacavir
Pharma major Ranbaxy said the World Health Organisation has approved its anti-retro viral drug Abacavir 300 mg tablets in pre-qualification...
- Suven Life Sciences to develop therapy for HIV
Drug maker Suven Life Sciences on Thursday entered into a collaboration with US-based Minnesota University to develop new therapies to trea...