Treatment as Prevention¨

La lucha contra el sida dio un vuelco a partir del año 1996. El congreso que se celebró entonces en Vancouver sentó las bases de la terapia antirretroviral que, a la postre, lo convertiría en una enfermedad crónica, pero no mortal. En la misma ciudad, 19 años despuŽs, la conferencia de la Sociedad Internacional de […]

After what Shane Ryan calls “a silly, stupid weekend” in late April, he joined the many other men in San Francisco, California, who line up six mornings each week and wait for the doors to open at Magnet. Located in the city’s Castro district, Magnet provides sexual health services for gay and bisexual men. Last

One afternoon last week, CDs, clothes, tools – as well as sex and drugs – were for sale on the sidewalks of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, the pungent scent of marijuana hanging in the air and stench of urine wafting out of alleys. … “It is the perfect opportunity to end the epidemic,” says Dr.

Mounting evidence that rapid treatment with antiretroviral drugs dramatically reduces HIV transmission must be acted on fast if a target date for curbing the epidemic is to be met. As scientists prepare to meet in Vancouver, Canada, for the annual meeting of the International AIDS Society (IAS) on 19-22 July, many argue that the end

INSTI HIV Assay’s Unique Platform Promises Earlier HIV Detection bioLytical Laboratories Inc. announced today that its abstract highlighting early HIV detection using INSTI HIV-1/HIV-2 Antibody Test was accepted for presentation at the 8th Annual International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver. The results will be presented Wednesday, July 22nd

A Canadian scientist has been awarded a $1.5-million-US research grant for a new five-year project to examine ways of preventing injection drug use and the spread of addiction. Dan Werb, a research scientist at the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, is one of four inaugural recipients of the prestigious Avenir Award from the U.S.

Ciudad de Panamá (CBNnoticias) -El Gobierno de Panamá y el Centro para la Excelencia en HIV/SIDA de la Colombia Británica (BC- CfE sigla en inglŽs) con sede en Vancouver, Canadá, firmaron un memorando de entendimiento a travŽs del cual las autoridades sanitarias panameñas buscarán recibir el apoyo necesario para controlar esta enfermedad y reducir el

VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwired – June 08, 2015) – Dr. Julio Montaner, a Vancouver physician who is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, is today speaking to the World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) on the breakthrough therapeutic approach known as Treatment as Prevention (TasP). In his now famous TEDx talk of 2011,

VANCOUVER, BC –(Marketwired – June 08, 2015) – Dr. Julio Montaner, a Vancouver physician who is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, is today speaking to the World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) on the breakthrough therapeutic approach known as Treatment as Prevention (TasP). In his now famous TEDx talk of