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Space Sex-Odyssey Reminds You To Wrap It Up [NSFW]

This science fictional AIDS education poster encourages us all to explore the sexy corners of the final frontier, but to just be safe about it. Artist James Jean took an R-rated, yet totally fantastical, spin on the outer limits, and what we got was a crazy naked but beautiful piece of art, that encourages safe sex. Jean's posters not only stimulate the geeky mind in us all, but they also help support the French philanthropy (AIDES) that educates and fights against AIDS. Click through to see both posters. More »

11:40 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Meredith Woerner
6,080 views, 30 comments

Latest by Stueymon: @Stueymon:+ Watch video this rather more »

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Genetically-Engineered Babies With HIV-Resistant Genes

With a little genetic tweaking, homo sapiens could become naturally resistant to HIV. A gene that can disassemble the HIV virus inside its cell before it spreads to another cell lurks dormant in the body of every person infected with HIV. The problem is getting that gene to turn on and start stopping HIV in its tracks. Right now, a team of researchers at University of Alberta in Canada have been destroying HIV viruses by inserting the gene, called TRIM22, into cells. Once they figure out how to control TRIM22, the question is whether everyone should get the gene activated in their bodies at birth as a preventative measure. More »

7:40 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,144 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: Merlinhoot, you don't sound bitter. And don't worry, we'll find a cure before long. more »

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A "Morning Before" Pill to Prevent HIV Infection

In the next decade, people may begin taking HIV medications to prevent contracting the AIDS virus, much the same way people take malaria pills. A somewhat odd study of macaques done by a group of researchers with the CDC demonstrated that two anti-retroviral medications, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir, were relatively successful at stopping HIV-like infections in the monkeys. This is great news if it turns out to work in humans. The weird part was how the researchers chose to expose the macaques to the disease. Let's say they really went for realism. More »

7:30 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,809 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: @Merlinhoot: Oooh. Be as well as you can for as long as you can, dude. more »

The Star Trek Script They Tried To Kill You can soon see the story that was too hot for Star Trek: The Next Generation. David Gerrold's AIDS allegory "Blood And Fire" will be an upcoming episode of Star Trek: The New Voyages. Gerrold, writer of "The Trouble With Tribbles" and author of The Man Who Folded Himself, is directing his own script. Still more proof that fan movies are the future of Trek. [NY Times]

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