/oss/taxonomy/term/2577/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/dna-teleportation-really <p>French virologist Dr. Luc Montagnier, who was awarded a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, passed away on February 8. The Prize, awarded for his 1983 discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), was richly deserved but was not without controversy. Without doubt, the identification of the virus was certainly a landmark event, but the discovery was disputed by American biomedical researcher Robert Gallo who claimed that he had detected the virus before Montagnier. This led to a long and acrimonious dispute that was finally settled with the intervention of U.S.</p> Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:07:32 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9035 at /oss /oss/article/health/crisis-cure-how-antiretroviral-therapy-changed-how-we-look-talk-and-think-about-hiv <p>Someone recently asked me if there was a cure for HIV. My initial answer was no. HIV infection doesn’t go away and people infected with HIV have to take antiviral medications for the rest of their lives. But after thinking about it for a bit, I started to consider what it means to actually “cure” someone, and I realized that the answer is not so clear cut.</p> Wed, 13 May 2020 21:32:14 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8245 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-health/not-all-canker-sores-are-really-canker-sores <p><span>Sores inside the mouth are commonly called canker sores, but only some of them truly are. Mouth ulcers, these painful spots that seem to crop up randomly, can be caused by two things- local trauma (like braces rubbing or biting your cheek), or aphthous stomatitis. </span><span>Apthous stomatitis is a common, non-severe condition characterized by the regular recurrence of mouth ulcers, called (when they originate from this condition) canker sores. </span></p> Sat, 01 Jul 2017 14:31:06 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 2561 at /oss