New HIV vaccine with a 97% antibody response rate shows promise in ‘landmark’ first-in-human trial

A novel vaccine approach for the prevention of HIV has shown promise in Phase I trials.  IAVI and Scripps Research reported that the vaccine which is being developed to act as an immune primer, to trigger the activation of naïve B cells via a process called germline-targeting, as the first stage in a multi-step vaccine regimen to elicit the

By 2045 most men will be unable to produce viable sperm because of pollution – US scientist warns

An environmental scientist has warned that Penises are shrinking and genitals becoming malformed because of pollution.  Dr. Shanna Swan, one of the leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists in the world, disclosed this in a new book detailing the challenges facing human reproduction. In the book, she writes that humanity is facing an “existential crisis” in

COVID-19:The frightening storm and the harrowing picture in Brazil

Brazil has exceeded 2,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time, as infection rates soar. The country has the second highest death toll in the world, behind the US. Experts warn the transmission rate is made worse by more contagious variants. On Wednesday former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hit out