New Sexual Health App
Getting tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has never been easier thanks to Healthvana, a service that makes tests results accessible on a computer or iPhone shortly after the tests have been carried out. As soon as the results are in at the lab or medical centre, the patient can…
Molecule That Helps Cloak HIV Discovered
One of the key challenges in researching treatments for HIV is that the mechanisms that allow for the viruses to be undetected by natural defences are unknown. Now, a recently published study claims to have found the ‘invisibility cloak’ that may enable this process. Here we consider the implications of…