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Rubella Has Been Eliminated From the Americas

Medicine & Technology Apr 30, 2015

Rubella, a disease with potentially horrible consequences for unborn children, has been eliminated from the Americas, a scientific panel set up by global health authorities said on Wednesday.

New HIV Treatment Could Pave the Way for Vaccine

Apr 10, 2015

When a person is infected with HIV, a battle begins to rage between the virus and the immune system. As the body produces new antibodies for the virus, the infection mutates always managing to stay a few steps ahead. Now, a team of scientists at Rockefeller University in New York believe that using synthetic antibodies that attach to the surface of proteins on the outer membrane of the virus offer an alternative treatment to anti-retroviral drugs currently used and could one day lead to new therapeutic vaccines.

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Rubella Has Been Eliminated From the Americas

New HIV Treatment Could Pave the Way for Vaccine

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