Why Comorbidities Persist: HIV Infection Leaves a “Memory” in Cells
New research reveals why comorbidities persist in people living with HIV, despite suppressing the virus through treatment. People living with HIV often suffer from chronic…
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HIV Accelerates Aging by 5 Years
DNA level changes can hasten aging by roughly five years, according to a UCLA-led study. According to experts at the University of California, Los Angeles,…
A Potential Cure for AIDS: Defeating HIV With a Single Injection
The technology also has the potential to be developed into a cure for AIDS A new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a novel AIDS…
Scientists Seek Innovative Cure for Cancer at the Molecular Level
Jun Huang from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago examines innovative ways to use immunotherapy to treat disease. A new…
A New Technique Reveals How Immune Cells Locate Their Targets
MIT biological engineers have developed a simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins. The human body has…
NIH Launches Clinical Trial of Three mRNA HIV Vaccines
Phase 1 Study Is Among First to Examine mRNA Technology for HIV. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National…
UV-LED Lights Can Destroy Coronaviruses and HIV With the Flip of a Switch
The same lightbulbs used in offices and public spaces can destroy coronaviruses and HIV, according to a new study from U of T Scarborough. Researchers…
HIV Infections Are More Virulent When Transmitted Through Heterosexual Intercourse
Study suggests that different modes of transmission are associated with virus evolution. Variations in virus strains in different populations are associated with varying disease severity…
COVID-19 Genetic Risk Variant Inherited From Neanderthals Protects Against HIV
A COVID-19 risk variant inherited from Neanderthals reduces a person’s risk of contracting HIV by 27 percent. Some people become seriously ill when infected with…
Highly Virulent and Transmissible Variant of HIV Discovered in the Netherlands
A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 has been circulating in the Netherlands for the past few decades, researchers report. According to the new study, a…
Highly Virulent and Destructive New HIV Variant Discovered in the Netherlands
New HIV variant with higher virulence and more damaging health impacts discovered in study led by the University of Oxford. As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic…
FDA Approval of Long-Acting Injectable Drug Marks Pivotal Expansion of HIV Prevention Options
On December 20, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its first approval of a long-acting HIV prevention medication. Developed by ViiV Healthcare, the…
Easy-To-Take Antiretroviral Medicine Better at Suppressing HIV in Children
A once-a-day antiretroviral medicine that is low-cost and easy for children to take is also more effective at suppressing HIV than standard treatments, according to…
Experimental mRNA HIV Vaccine Safe, Shows Promise in Animals – Uses Same Technology As COVID-19 Vaccines
NIH scientists developed vaccine platform. An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA—the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines—shows promise in mice…
Potent New Immune System-Stimulating Nanoparticle Could Lead to More Powerful Vaccines
The potent new adjuvant could be used to help make vaccines against HIV and other infectious diseases. A common strategy to make vaccines more powerful…
Scientists Identify Second HIV Patient Who Cured Herself of the Virus
This second untreated person living with HIV showed no evidence of intact HIV genomes in more than 1.5 billion blood and tissue cells analyzed. Ragon…
Scientists Identify How Two People Controlled HIV After Stopping Antiretroviral Therapy Treatment
Different mechanisms suppressed the virus in each person. Research led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health has identified two distinct ways that people…
Einstein-Developed Treatment Strategy May Lead To Cure for HIV and Other Chronic Viral Infections
Proteins designed to focus immune attack on HIV-infected cells. Armed with a novel strategy they developed for bolstering the body’s immune response, scientists at Albert…
