News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports. Parent comment

Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by SAI_Peregrinus on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:19PM (#22291688)
FYI, AIDS is an acronym (though the periods are dropped) for Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome. So all four letters are capitalized.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by v0x on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:10PM (#22292168)
In British English, however, only the first letter is capitalized if it is reads a word, so it would be Aids.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by catblast on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:38PM (#22292437)
This is true, but these rules don’t usually get applied in the (medical) sciences. cf anything published by the NHS.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by Udik on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:51PM (#22292001)
Acquired, not Auto.
[ Parent | on HN ]