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HIV Trial of Atlanta Man to Include OMSJ Defense Expert From Amgen Who Designed Original HIV Tests

…Rodney Richards, Ph.D., an associate of OMSJ, worked at the biotech giant for 13 years. During the early days of the AIDS scare, he supervised the development of the first HIV diagnostic tests. Originally intended only to rule out HIV in blood donor banks, HIV tests proliferated into mainstream medical practice and became the standard […]

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Article on challenged consent misses something…

An HIV-positive Athens man who was arrested in November for having unprotected sex with a woman without telling her he was infected claimed that she knew about his condition prior to having sex, according to a search warrant affidavit filed this week in Clarke County Superior Court. …Because of medical privacy laws, the arrest warrant […]

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Insensitive but well-observed

A US public relations executive has provoked a storm of online protest for writing a Twitter comment about Aids in Africa. Justine Sacco, who works for the media company IAC, wrote: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get Aids. Just kidding. I’m white!” Ms Sacco’s account has now been deleted. IAC responded by saying the […]

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Study of the obvious…

Researchers found a 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on antiretroviral therapy (ART) may be expected to live into their early 70s – a life expectancy approaching that of the general U.S. population. However, life expectancy is lower for people with a history of injecting drugs as well as those who are not white. Well, ARVs that contain […]

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