https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Catalan filmmaker Carla Simon remembers little of the day that, aged six, she joined the ranks of countless orphans left behind by Spain's "lost generation" of AIDS victims. https://www.thelocal.es/20180526/filmmaker-aids-orphan-carla-simon-on-spains-lost-generation Sat, 26 May 2018 12:46:48 +0200 filmmaker-aids-orphan-carla-simon-on-spains-lost-generation Doctors in Spain have announced the world's first clinical trial to cure five HIV patients within three years using transplants of blood from umbilical cords. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/spain-seeks-to-cure-five-hiv-patients-within-next-three-years Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:21:51 +0200 spain-seeks-to-cure-five-hiv-patients-within-next-three-years Spanish scientists are hopeful blood transplants from the umbilical cord of people with genetic resistance to HIV could provide a future treatment option in the battle against the Aids-causing virus after managing to 'cure' a patient in just three months. https://www.thelocal.es/20141106/doctors-cure-hiv-patient-with-blood-transplant Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:00:00 +0100 doctors-cure-hiv-patient-with-blood-transplant Scientists in Madrid are hailing the trial results of a new gel, which they hope will play a major role in preventing the spread of the HIV virus through sexual contact. https://www.thelocal.es/20140709/spanish-scientists-close-in-on-anti-hiv-gel Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:17:00 +0200 spanish-scientists-close-in-on-anti-hiv-gel A Spanish HIV researcher will have to cough up €210,000 after he was caught performing unauthorized medical tests on 311 patients using a powerful new compound thought to lessen the side effects of AIDS treatment. https://www.thelocal.es/20140131/doctor-fined-210k-over-illegal-aids-tests Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:47:00 +0100 doctor-fined-210k-over-illegal-aids-tests Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced have announced they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that causes Aids. https://www.thelocal.es/20131211/spanish-hospital-to-trial-promising-hiv-treatment Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:38:00 +0100 spanish-hospital-to-trial-promising-hiv-treatment