A major Oxford University study shows that HIV’s capacity to cause AIDS is slowing. The paper suggests that the virus might be evolving becoming less fatal and aggressive as it adjusts to our immune system and therapies. The study across more than 2,000 women from Botswana and South Africa appears in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy […]
The British government has banned the teaching on creationism as science in its state schools. The new clauses banning creationism from being taught as scientific fact arrived last week, and state in part that the “requirement for every academy and free school to provide a broad and balanced curriculum in any case prevents the teaching of […]
Four young cisgender women have been successfully implanted with vaginas made from their own cells. Tests following the implantation have shown that the engineered vaginas are indistinguishable from the rest of the womens’ bodies. The four women in the study had Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, which is a condition that causes the vagina and/or uterus to […]
New research by Northwestern University in Chicago indicates that specific genes can increase the chance that a man will be homosexual. Researchers studied the genetic makeup of over 400 pairs of twins. They found that those who were openly gay were more likely to share similarities in the Xq28 region of their X chromosome and […]
Bureaucracy Begins Catching Up To HIV Science In late December the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee’s (PBAC) finally lifted CD4 restrictions on when people with HIV could begin HIV medication. This change came after the combined efforts of Australia’s leading HIV organisations. Edwina Wright Associate Professor and President of the Australasian Society of HIV Medicine (ASHM) […]
