We are working with a biotech company, Calypte, which has designed a urine test for the HIV antibody.
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Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests.
Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.
Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it.
The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of antiretroviral medications.
Drug testing for recipients of various welfare programs - I really think that's something that needs to be considered.
What attracted me to immunology was that the whole thing seemed to revolve around a very simple experiment: take two different antibody molecules and compare their primary sequences.
There are a number of candidate vaccines that are in development for HIV/AIDS.
I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.
PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.
Over the years, HIV/AIDS activists and their allies have been pioneers in creating new frontiers in the medical establishment. Through their efforts, the FDA drug approval procedures were reformed so promising new therapies could reach desperate patients quicker.
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