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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Connie Celum

Connie Celum stories: 1 news summaries

Treating Herpes Fails to Cut
HIV Rate

Unexpected results stun scientists hoping for cut in transmission

(Newser) - An eagerly anticipated HIV study returned disappointing results yesterday, crushing scientists' hopes that targeting the genital herpes virus could help reduce the transmission of HIV. Although the reasoning seemed sound—having herpes boosts a person's contraction risk nearly threefold, so targeting herpes should combat HIV infection—the study found no... More »

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