HIV and AIDS News

April 18, 2024

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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 ...

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. The children, who acquired HIV before birth, were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 new ...

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 ...

New Trial Highlights Incremental Progress Towards a Cure for HIV-1

Feb. 13, 2024 — A new clinical trial suggests that a combination of the drug vorinostat and immunotherapy can coax HIV-infected cells out of latency and attack them. The findings highlight how close -- yet still far ...

How T Cells Combat Tuberculosis

Feb. 6, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes ...

Scientists See an Ultra-Fast Movement on Surface of HIV Virus

Feb. 2, 2024 — Seeing a glycoprotein on the envelope of the HIV virus snap open and shut in mere millionths of a second is giving investigators a new handle on the surface of the virus that could lead to broadly ...

DNA Particles That Mimic Viruses Hold Promise as Vaccines

Jan. 30, 2024 — Using a DNA-based delivery particle, researchers created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against ...

How HIV Smuggles Its Genetic Material Into the Cell Nucleus

Jan. 25, 2024 — Around one million individuals worldwide become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, each year. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must smuggle its genetic material into the ...

Simulations Show How HIV Sneaks Into the Nucleus of the Cell

Jan. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed how HIV squirms its way into the nucleus as it invades a ...

Researchers Pinpoint Most Likely Source of HIV Rebound Infection

Jan. 24, 2024 — Antiretroviral therapy (ART) does an excellent job at suppressing HIV to undetectable levels in the blood. However, small amounts of latent virus hide throughout the body, and when treatment is ...

How Does HIV Get Into the Cell's Cenetr to Kickstart Infection?

Jan. 24, 2024 — UNSW Sydney medical scientists have cracked a mystery whose solution has long eluded researchers. UNSW Sydney medical scientists have cracked a mystery whose solution has long eluded ...

HIV: Early Treatment, One Key to Remission

Jan. 23, 2024 — People living with HIV need to take antiretroviral treatment for life to prevent the virus from multiplying in their body. But some people, known as 'post-treatment controllers,' have been ...

HIV Antibodies Protect Animals in Proof-of-Concept Study

Jan. 17, 2024 — Three different HIV antibodies each independently protected monkeys from acquiring simian-HIV (SHIV) in a placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study intended to inform development of a preventive HIV ...

African Women Living With HIV Have an Effective Option to Prevent Malaria During Pregnancy

Jan. 13, 2024 — In women living with HIV, preventive treatment with DHA-PPQ is a safe and effective strategy to prevent malaria during pregnancy, according to the final results of the MAMAH clinical ...

Smallpox Vaccine Efficiently Induces Immunity Against Monkeypox Virus Infection in People Living With HIV, Study Finds

Jan. 12, 2024 — An observational study has found that intradermal administration of the JYNNEOS vaccine against smallpox induces an efficient immune response that should protect people living with HIV from ...

Nutritional Acquired Immunodeficiency (N-AIDS) Is the Leading Driver of the Tuberculosis Pandemic

Jan. 12, 2024 — Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with 10.6 million cases and 1.6 million deaths in 2021 alone. One in five incident TB cases were attributable to malnutrition, more than ...

Treating Tuberculosis When Antibiotics No Longer Work

Jan. 4, 2024 — A research team has detected various substances that have a dual effect against tuberculosis: They make the bacteria causing the disease less pathogenic for human immune cells and boost the activity ...

New Method Ebola Virus Uses to Infect Cells

Dec. 18, 2023 — Scientists recently published findings indicating that Ebola virus creates and uses intercellular tunnels to move from cell to cell and evade ...

New Understanding of Ancient Genetic Parasite May Spur Medical Breakthroughs

Dec. 18, 2023 — Researchers have determined the structure of the most common material in our genomes. New treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer and neurodegeneration may ...

Opportunities to Improve Future HIV Vaccine Candidates

Dec. 15, 2023 — An effective HIV vaccine may need to prompt strong responses from immune cells called CD8+ T cells to protect people from acquiring HIV, according to a new study. The study findings draw comparisons ...

Very Early Treatment of Newborns With HIV Could Result in Medication-Free Remission for Many Babies

Dec. 7, 2023 — An unexpectedly high percentage of children, who were born with HIV and started treatment within 48 hours of life, exhibit biomarkers by 2 years of age that may make them eligible to test for ...

New Platform Solves Key Problems in Targeted Drug Delivery

Nov. 27, 2023 — Cell and gene therapies hold promise for treating various diseases, but technology to deliver targeted medicines to specific cells is lacking. Engineered cells produce multifunctional particles, ...

Another Step Toward the HIV-1 Vaccine: Dynamics of Neutralizing Antibodies

Nov. 14, 2023 — Longevity of neutralizing antibodies is an essential factor for an effective HIV-1 ...

Pinpointing HIV Immune Response

Nov. 1, 2023 — New research combining computer modeling and experiments with macaques shows the body's immune system helps control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections largely by suppressing viral ...

An AI Tool That Can Help Forecast Viral Outbreaks

Oct. 11, 2023 — EVEscape predicts future viral mutations, new variants using evolutionary, biological information. ...

TB Vaccine Discovery Paves Path to End Number One Killer of People Living With HIV

Oct. 10, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a tuberculosis (TB) vaccination strategy that could prevent the leading cause of death among people worldwide living with HIV. The results showed that, when given ...