Research and Development Archives – Page 7 of 8

Public Health Groups Welcome Johns Hopkins University and Medicines Patent Pool Agreement for Development of Promising New TB Drug

January 24, 2017
Chad Cipiti

Public health groups welcomed today’s announcement by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) of an agreement that could expedite the research and development of a promising tuberculosis drug and lead to improved treatment options for people living with TB.

Story: Israeli Scientists See Breakthrough in AIDS Cure

November 15, 2016
Dorrit Walsh

November 2016 Examples of media coverage: Israeli scientists see breakthrough in AIDS cure – The Times of Israel, November 1, 2016 Israeli researchers offer some hope for HIV carriers – Arutz Sheva 7, November 1, 2016 Israeli research successful in…

TAG Responds to the Release of the World Health Organization’s 2016 Global Tuberculosis Report

October 13, 2016
Chad Cipiti

TB is a preventable, curable disease, and the dismal lack of progress against reversing the TB epidemic is unacceptable. Last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that TB had overtaken HIV as the world's leading cause of death from an infectious disease, and this year the WHO numbers show that the TB epidemic is larger than previously estimated

Story: British Scientists on Brink of HIV Cure

October 10, 2016
Dorrit Walsh

October 2016 Examples of media coverage: British scientists on brink of HIV cure (headline now corrected to “British scientists hopeful for HIV cure”) – The Sunday Times, October 2, 2016 (registration required) HIV cure close after disease ‘vanishes’ from blood of British man (now…

Story: Cure for HIV Possible “Within Three Years”

April 2, 2016
Dorrit Walsh

April 2016 The Daily Telegraph article and examples of the media coverage that followed it: Cure for HIV possible within three years as scientists snip virus from cells– The Daily Telegraph, April 1, 2016. Update April 6, 2016: After receiving complaints, The Daily…

Story: New Breakthrough May Lead to HIV Relapse Cure

October 9, 2015
Dorrit Walsh

October 2015 Examples of media coverage: New Breakthrough May Lead to HIV Relapse Cure – Indo-Asian News Service, October 11, 2015 HIV breakthrough could lead to a CURE: Scientists identify markers on immune cells that ‘predict who can stop drug…

Story: Gilead Sciences May Have Found A Cure For HIV

May 10, 2015
Dorrit Walsh

May 2015 Examples of media coverage: Gilead Sciences (GILD) May Have Found A Cure For HIV! – CNA Finance, May 18, 2015 This Experimental Drug Could Finally Cure HIV – Motley Fool, May 18, 2015‎ Original source: Unknown, possibly a…

Story: FDA Gives HIV ‘Functional Cure’ Go-Ahead for Human Trials

March 15, 2015
Dorrit Walsh

March 2015 Examples of media coverage: FDA Gives HIV ‘Functional Cure’ Go-Ahead For Human Trials: Functional HIV Cure Step Closer To Reality With FDA Approval Of Clinical Human Trials – Medical Daily, March 10, 2015 Study of potential HIV ‘cure’ wins…

Story: Doctors “Cure” HIV Patient with Cord Blood Transplant

November 20, 2014
Dorrit Walsh

November 2014 Examples of media coverage: Primer Paciente “Curado” del VIH por un Trasplante de Sangre de Cordón Umbilical – El Mundo, November 6, 2014 Doctors “Cure” HIV Patient with Blood Transplant – Local: Spain’s News in English, November 6,…

Story: French Scientists Find Mechanism for Spontaneous HIV Cure

November 15, 2014
Dorrit Walsh

November 2014 Examples of media coverage: French Scientists Find Mechanism for Spontaneous HIV Cure  – Agence France-Presse, November 4, 2014 Scientists See Mechanism for Spontaneous HIV “Cure” (Update) –  Agence France-Presse, November 4, 2014 HIV: Genetic Mutation Leads to Two Men…