HIV
noun
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It can't be given to babies with immune issues, such as HIV.
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Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024
But after decades of working with HIV, understanding how that virus integrated itself into cells, and figuring out ways to remove it, Dr. John Leonard was perfectly positioned to use the groundbreaking technology to splice out disease-causing versions of a gene—permanently.
—John Leonard, TIME, 2 May 2024
In its first decade, Mama’s Day fundraising was dedicated to serving HIV and AIDS patients.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
Using information from robust HIV surveillance systems, public health departments have implemented effective programmatic planning and resource allocation that has helped make significant strides in the fight against HIV.
—Heather Bradley, STAT, 17 Apr. 2024
In the film, which is based on true events, punk rock bandmates purposefully inject themselves with HIV to live at an idyllic government-run treatment center.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Gloria Reuben is reflecting on the legacy of her character on ER, Dr. Jeanie Boulet, who was diagnosed with HIV during the show's third season.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
Those risks can be bacterial, as well as infectious diseases, such as HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C.3
And what about any claims that human milk has helped an adult recover from a cold?
—Tiffany Leigh, Parents, 15 Apr. 2024
That’s especially true since some STIs are incurable — including HIV, hepatitis B and HPV —and can lead to health problems including infertility or be life-threatening, Earle-Cruickshanks said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024
But after decades of working with HIV, understanding how that virus integrated itself into cells, and figuring out ways to remove it, Dr. John Leonard was perfectly positioned to use the groundbreaking technology to splice out disease-causing versions of a gene—permanently.
—John Leonard, TIME, 2 May 2024
In its first decade, Mama’s Day fundraising was dedicated to serving HIV and AIDS patients.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
Using information from robust HIV surveillance systems, public health departments have implemented effective programmatic planning and resource allocation that has helped make significant strides in the fight against HIV.
—Heather Bradley, STAT, 17 Apr. 2024
In the film, which is based on true events, punk rock bandmates purposefully inject themselves with HIV to live at an idyllic government-run treatment center.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Gloria Reuben is reflecting on the legacy of her character on ER, Dr. Jeanie Boulet, who was diagnosed with HIV during the show's third season.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
Those risks can be bacterial, as well as infectious diseases, such as HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C.3
And what about any claims that human milk has helped an adult recover from a cold?
—Tiffany Leigh, Parents, 15 Apr. 2024
That’s especially true since some STIs are incurable — including HIV, hepatitis B and HPV —and can lead to health problems including infertility or be life-threatening, Earle-Cruickshanks said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
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HIV
noun
: any of a group of viruses that infect and destroy helper T cells causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of AIDS
Medical Definition
HIV
noun
: any of several retroviruses and especially HIV-1 that infect and destroy helper T cells of the immune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of AIDS
called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
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