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Some viruses insert themselves into the host's DNA during infection in a process called retroviral integration, causing several diseases, including AIDS and cancer, notes a Texas A&M researcher who specializes in fetal diseases.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

In Port-au-Prince, two female health centres have been set up by the International Rescue Committee in the past week, providing rape victims with life-saving medical treatment such as retroviral drugs which protect against HIV.

CommonDreams.org Headlines 2010

3 Several “junk DNA” features are shared with Chimpanzees and other primates, such as retroviral transposons inserted into specific genes.

Another unintelligent move - The Panda's Thumb 2007

And for several years, I have been giving out "starter kits" to young gay men that include three days of anti-retroviral treatment and some instructions for use.

Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011

The horrible conditions noted are typically found only in some older people with HIV, or those who are not diagnosed until later stages of the disease; anal cancer is caused by an entirely different virus, osteoporosis is likely as much a function of anti-retroviral treatment as it is HIV itself, etc.

Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011

Unfortunately, the molecular tools we had at that time could not tell us whether we were dealing with endogenous retroviral sequences or with an exogenous virus.

Luc Montagnier - Autobiography 2009

The pharmacist there showed me empty pallets and the dwindling stocks of life-saving anti-retroviral drugs, or ARVs, on hand for the hundreds of patients who come to the dispensary every day.

Ray Suarez: Reporter's Notebook: A Clinic's Strains in Mozambique Ray Suarez 2010

And for several years, I have been giving out "starter kits" to young gay men that include three days of anti-retroviral treatment and some instructions for use.

Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011

In 2001, they were allegedly subjected to an HIV test without their consent or knowledge and given anti-retroviral treatment without their knowledge.

Global Voices in English » Zambia: Live-Blogging a Groundbreaking HIV Discrimination Case 2009

That means including the difficult truths about what untreated HIV can do to one as well as about what is and is not known about the side effects of long-term anti-retroviral therapy.

Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011