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April 19, 2024

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Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Persistent HPV Infections

Apr. 11, 2024 — Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the second most common cancer-causing virus, accounting for 690,000 cervical and other cancers each year worldwide. While the immune system usually clears HPV infections, those that persist can lead to cancer, and a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syphilis-Like Diseases Were Widespread in Americas Before Arrival of Columbus, Researchers Find

Jan. 24, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the genetic material of the pathogen Treponema pallidum in the bones of people who died in Brazil 2,000 years ago. This is the oldest verified discovery of this pathogen ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Double Risk of Dementia After Mouth Ulcer Virus

Feb. 14, 2024 — People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected. A new study confirms previous research on ...

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 ...

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 ...

How the Immune System Fights to Keep Herpes at Bay

Dec. 15, 2023 — In a study of lab-engineered cells, researchers identify how the immune system neutralizes the herpesvirus. The research maps, for the first time, the maneuvers used by virus and host in the cell ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gender-Neutral HPV Vaccination Best at Preventing Cervical Cancer

Nov. 8, 2023 — The most effective way to prevent cervical cancer is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, reports a collaborative study. Beside personal immunity, such use of the vaccine also induces a herd ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Could This New Hydrogel Make HIV Therapy More Convenient?

Sep. 25, 2023 — The gel releases a steady dose of the anti-HIV drug lamivudine over six weeks, suggesting people living with HIV could have new therapy that doesn't require a daily pill regimen to prevent ...

Syphilis Transmission Networks and Antimicrobial Resistance in England Uncovered Using Genomics

Sep. 16, 2023 — Scientists use genomics to uncover syphilis transmission patterns in England, in a pioneering new approach for STI ...

Keeping Herpes in Check

Sep. 7, 2023 — Herpes is not only unpleasant but it can, in some cases, also have dangerous complications and life-threatening consequences. A research team has now introduced a completely new approach for treating ...

New Study Shows Effectiveness of Mpox Vaccine

Sep. 5, 2023 — A new international study has shown mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections to be less severe among those who are vaccinated or had a previous infection in 2022, underlining the importance and ...

Novel Treatment Based on Gene Editing Safely and Effectively Removes HIV-Like Virus from Genomes of Non-Human Primates

Aug. 17, 2023 — A single injection of a novel CRISPR gene-editing treatment safely and efficiently removes SIV -- a virus related to the AIDS-causing agent HIV -- from the genomes of non-human primates, scientists ...

Gut Microbiome Can Increase Risk, Severity of HIV, EBV Disease

Aug. 10, 2023 — Researchers created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in the infection, replication, and pathogenesis of HIV and the Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that can cause ...

Researchers Find New Pathway for HIV Invasion of Cell Nucleus

Aug. 10, 2023 — A study has identified a new pathway that human immune deficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go on to invade other ...

Learning How to Control HIV from African Genomes

Aug. 2, 2023 — A study on almost four thousand people of African descent has identified a gene that acts as natural defense against HIV by limiting its replication in certain white blood cells. This research paves ...

Studying Herpes Encephalitis With Mini-Brains

June 22, 2023 — The herpes simplex virus-1 can sometimes cause a dangerous brain infection. Combining an anti-inflammatory and an antiviral could help in these cases, report ...

Tuberculosis Disease Intensifies HIV Antibody Response in People With HIV

May 9, 2023 — New research found that people living with HIV that have had pulmonary tuberculosis had broader and more potent HIV antibody responses and differences in HIV sequences predicted to be antibody ...

Chances of Eliminating HIV Infection Increased by Novel Dual Gene-Editing Approach

May 2, 2023 — Gene-editing therapy aimed at two targets -- HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, and CCR5, the co-receptor that helps the virus get into cells -- can effectively eliminate HIV infection, new research ...

Herpes Study Adds to Understanding of Viral Reinfections, How to Potentially Prevent Them

May 1, 2023 — A new study on herpes infections of the eye helps shed light on the question of viral reinfections by identifying a key protein involved in viral reinfections that could be targeted by antiviral ...

HIV Genomes That Hide in White Blood Cells Offer New Target to Eliminate Infections

Mar. 27, 2023 — To develop treatments that may one day entirely rid the body of HIV infection, scientists have long sought to identify all of the places that the virus can hide its genetic code. Now, in a study ...

A Readily Available Dietary Supplement May Reverse Organ Damage Caused by HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy

Mar. 24, 2023 — MitoQ, a mitochondrial antioxidant that is available to the public as a diet supplement, was found in a mouse study to reverse the detrimental effects that HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) have ...

Where the HI-Virus Sleeps in the Brain

Mar. 16, 2023 — The human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 is able to infect various tissues in humans. Once inside the cells, the virus integrates its genome into the cellular genome and establishes persistent ...

AI Model Helps Atopic Dermatitis Patients Diagnose Complications and Malignant Diseases

Mar. 14, 2023 — Atopic dermatitis skin lesions and the lesions produced by infectious complications of the disease look so similar that it makes it impossible for patients to spot the difference and know when to ...

HIV Reservoirs Are Established Earlier Than Expected

Feb. 28, 2023 — A research team has shown that, as early as the first days of infection, HIV is able to create reservoirs where it will hide and persist during antiretroviral ...