AIDS Research Alliance will host its annual fundraiser on Sunday, September 9, 2012 from 5pm to 8pm in Los Angeles’ historic Fremont Place. We hope you will join us for an evening of live music, flamenco dancing, cocktails and tapas—all benefiting AIDS Research Alliance’s cure research. To date, ARA has completed all but the last four in vitro prostratin experiments in our lab necessary to begin the remaining in vivo experiments. With your support, we...
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We have seen real progress over the past several weeks in HIV testing and prevention. The FDA approved the OraQuick test earlier this month, which means that individuals will soon be able to test themselves for HIV in the privacy of their own homes. In addition, the FDA approved Gilead’s Truvada as an HIV prevention drug.
Despite the progress both approvals represent, they have been met with some reservations. In the case of Truvada,...
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Worldwide, 34 million people are currently living with HIV. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 19 million of those 34 million – or a little over half—have access to the antiretroviral therapy (ART) they need.
One obstacle to treating everyone is cost. In the United States, a single lifetime supply of antiretroviral therapy has been estimated to cost $600,000. But there is one country in the world that has made a point of providing antiretroviral therapy to...
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In an effort to build our social media presence, we at AIDS Research Alliance have re-launched our Causes webpage. Causes is a social media platform that allows us to connect directly with fans to engage them in polls, petitions and pledges designed to advance our mission – an AIDS-free generation.
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I learned I was HIV-positive in 1995. At the time, I was in a committed relationship with a man I thought I was going to marry. Then he got sick. He kept coughing. He told me it was just a cold or the flu. But he went into the hospital, and they quarantined him. When I went to visit him in the hospital, I ran into one of my friends, who worked there. In a small...
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