Tag: HIV

Research shows smallpox vacine may protect against HIV

Laboratory trials suggested that immunity to smallpox triggered by the smallpox vaccine can inhibit the replication of the AIDS virus, the researchers said in the journal BMC Immunology.

Banana is better than anti-hiv drugs

This novel research from the University of Michigan Medical School found BanLec, “a jacalin-related lectin isolated from the fruit of bananas, a potential component for an anti-viral microbicide that could be used to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1. Full study report —Link