Planned cuts to US overseas AIDS programme dismay advocates
US President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget plans include a significant cut to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the administration’s signature global AIDS programme. The 2013 budget...
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New techniques could improve reprogrammed-immune-cell treatment of HIV and...
Recent experiments exploring the use of patients’ own genetically reprogrammed immune cells toward the treatment of chronic diseases such as HIV and cancer have had encouraging and sometimes...
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The false science behind Egyptian army’s AIDS and HCV cure
While politics are usually the main topic of discussion in most Arab states, surprisingly, science took the forefront in Egypt over the past few days – for some rather unfortunate reasons, however. It...
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Why the army’s incredible cure claims found ground among Egyptians
Major General Ibrahim Abdul Atti, the inventor behind the new device, told journalists that his invention is “20 years ahead of anything produced in the West.” The Egyptian army’s claim to have...
View ArticleLindau: HIV in Hiding
At this summer’s 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 37 laureates spent a week with 600 young scientists from almost 80 countries to share their ideas, experiences and knowledge. Discussions revolved...
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Finding job satisfaction as a humanitarian researcher
Panagiotis Vagenas left Yale University to advise a non-profit on research design and quality. What did you do before Yale? I’m from Greece originally. In 1996 — when I was 17 — I moved to London, UK....
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