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September 20, 2024

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A Two-Dose Schedule Could Make HIV Vaccines More Effective

Sep. 20, 2024 — Researchers have shown that they can generate a strong immune response against HIV with two doses of a vaccine given one week ...

Targeted Immune Intervention and Stopping ART in Model of SIV Infection Leads to Control of Viral Replication and Reservoirs

Sep. 12, 2024 — Researchers have shown unprecedented control of SIV replication and decay of viral reservoirs by combining a stringent model of infection with the interruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The ...

An Antidiabetic Helps the Immune System Recognize Reservoirs of HIV

Sep. 10, 2024 — Metformin, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, could help deplete the viral reservoir and eliminate it entirely in people living with HIV who receive antiretroviral ...

Potential Link Between DNA Markers and Aging Process

Aug. 19, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered DNA markers associated with retroelements, remnants of ancient viral genetic material, in our genes that act as highly accurate epigenetic clocks predicting chronological age. The results support the idea that certain ...

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New Drug Shows Promise in Clearing HIV from Brain

July 25, 2024 — An experimental drug originally developed to treat cancer may help clear HIV from infected cells in the brain, according to a new study. By targeting infected cells in the brain, drug may clear virus ...

Exposing Dengue's Invasion Strategies

July 22, 2024 — Mosquito-borne viral infections once confined to tropical regions are spreading. Dengue virus infects up to 400 million people worldwide each year according to World Health Organization estimates, ...

Proof-of-Concept Study to Find Functional Cure for HIV

July 24, 2024 — Researchers conducted a breakthrough proof-of-concept study that found an HIV-like virus particle that could cease the need for lifelong ...

B Cell Biohack: Immune Cells to Churn out Custom Antibodies

July 22, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a way to turn the body's B cells into tiny surveillance machines and antibody factories that can pump out specially designed antibodies to destroy cancer cells or HIV, two ...

Study Shows Promise for a Universal Influenza Vaccine

July 19, 2024 — New research reveals a promising approach to developing a universal influenza vaccine -- a so-called 'one and done' vaccine that confers lifetime immunity against an evolving virus. The study tested ...

Autoantibodies Behind Lifelong Risk of Viral Infections

July 17, 2024 — A new study shows that about two percent of the population develop autoantibodies against type 1 interferons, mostly later in life. This makes individuals more susceptible to viral diseases like ...

Llama Nanobodies: A Breakthrough in Building HIV Immunity

July 17, 2024 — Biology researchers have developed a new antibody therapy that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains. They found success in an unlikely source -- ...

Advancing Toward a Preventative HIV Vaccine

July 2, 2024 — A major challenge in developing a vaccine for HIV is that the virus mutates fast -- very fast. Although a person initially becomes infected with one or a few HIV strains, the virus replicates and ...

Researchers Take Step Toward Development of Universal COVID-19 Antibodies

May 30, 2024 — A new human monoclonal antibody moves a step closer to a universal antibody cocktail that works against all strains of ...

Novel Vaccine Concept Generates Immune Responses That Could Produce Multiple Types of HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies

May 30, 2024 — Using a combination of cutting-edge immunologic technologies, researchers have successfully stimulated animals' immune systems to induce rare ...

Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention Is Safe in Pregnancy, Study Finds

July 23, 2024 — Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) was safe and well tolerated as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and during pregnancy in the follow-up phase of a global study among cisgender ...

Improving HIV Treatment in Children and Adolescents -- The Right Way

July 18, 2024 — Globally, around 2.6 million children and adolescents are currently living with HIV, the majority of them in Africa. These young people are much more likely to experience treatment failure than ...

Cirrhosis Affects Twice as Many Transgender Adults as Cisgender Adults, Study Finds

July 10, 2024 — A new study has found a startling disparity in the frequency of liver disease for transgender individuals and highlights the need for more specialized ...

A Trial HIV Vaccine Triggered Elusive and Essential Antibodies in Humans

May 17, 2024 — An HIV vaccine candidate triggered low levels of an elusive type of broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies among a small group of people enrolled in a 2019 clinical ...

An Active Agent Against Hepatitis E

May 15, 2024 — At present, there is no specific active substance against hepatitis E. As the disease kills 70,000 people every year, researchers are actively searching for one. A team may have found what ...

GPS-Like System Shows Promise as HIV Vaccine Strategy to Elicit Critical Antibodies

May 9, 2024 — A team has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS, guiding the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing antibodies against ...

US Geographic Region Results in Vastly Different Anal Cancer Risk for People With HIV

May 7, 2024 — For people with HIV, the risk of anal cancer varies according to their geographic ...

Kaposi Sarcoma Discovery Could Facilitate Drug Development

Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a model of Kaposi sarcoma that could expedite the development of new drugs to treat the disease, which is the most common cancer in people living with ...

Common HIV Treatments May Aid Alzheimer's Disease Patients

Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have identified promising real-world links between common HIV drugs and a reduced incidence of Alzheimer's ...

Scientists Identify Pro-Aging 'Sugar Signature' in the Blood of People Living With HIV

Apr. 10, 2024 — Scientists have identified sugar abnormalities in the blood that may promote biological aging and inflammation in people living with ...

Immune Key to Chronic Viral Infections Discovered

Apr. 9, 2024 — One of the remaining mysteries of the human immune system is why a certain cell, called a B cell, which retains a memory for past infections -- ensuring we fight off diseases we have experienced ...

New Method Developed to Isolate HIV Particles

Mar. 28, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new method to isolate HIV from samples more easily, potentially making it easier to detect infection with the virus. They focus on peptide nanofibrils (PNFs) on magnetic ...

Researchers a Step Closer to a Cure for HIV

Mar. 26, 2024 — A new study shows virus-like particle can effectively 'shock and kill' latent HIV reservoir in those living with chronic ...

Researchers Open New Leads in Anti-HIV Drug Development, Using a Compound Found in Nature

Mar. 8, 2024 — A team of researchers has successfully modified a naturally occurring chemical compound in the lab, resulting in advanced lead compounds with anti-HIV ...

COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year After Infection

Mar. 8, 2024 — The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research that offers potential clues to why ...

Children Surpass a Year of HIV Remission After Treatment Pause

Mar. 7, 2024 — Four children have remained free of detectable HIV for more than one year after their antiretroviral therapy (ART) was paused to see if they could achieve HIV remission, according to new research. ...

How Virus Causes Cancer: Potential Treatment

Mar. 1, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a key mechanism used by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), to induce cancer. The research points to effective ...

Scientists Discover Link Between Leaky Gut and Accelerated Biological Aging

Feb. 21, 2024 — A professor has demonstrated a connection between viral damage to the gut and premature biological ...

Researchers Are Using RNA in a New Approach to Fight HIV

Feb. 20, 2024 — A pharmacy associate professor has developed a novel nanomedicine loaded with genetic material called small interfering RNAs (siRNA) to fight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using gene ...

Breakthrough in Developing the PD-1-Enhanced DNA Vaccine for Over 6-Year cART-Free AIDS Prevention and Virologic Control

Feb. 20, 2024 — Researchers found that PD-1-enhanced DNA vaccination can induce sustained virus-specific CD8+ T cell immunity in an AIDS monkey model. The vaccinated monkeys remained free of AIDS for six years and ...