Scientists from KU Leuven, Belgium, present a new therapeutic approach that may make it possible for HIV patients to (temporarily) stop their medication.
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Monat: Mai 2016
HIV vaccine design should adapt as HIV virus mutates
Human immunodeficiency virus is known to be a highly variable virus that adapts to a person’s immune response during the lifetime infection, and a new study published in Nature Medicine shows that…
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HIV testing during early infection may reduce new cases in high-risk communities
Detecting HIV earlier, through screening programs that can identify the virus shortly after infection, may lead to lower rates of HIV transmission in local epidemics, suggest findings from a new…
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Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting TB in HIV+ adults
An international review team has prepared a Cochrane systematic review to assess the accuracy of a point-of-care urine test for diagnosing and screening tuberculosis (TB) in people living with human…
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High-throughput screening strategy identifies compounds active against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study in which researchers rapidly screened more than 11,000 bioactive molecules for activity against an antibiotic-resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria identified multiple…
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Borderline Personality Disorder strongly associated with risk of STI/HIV transmission for straight black men in jail
The study is the first to examine severity of BPD symptoms and STI/HIV risk behaviors in a sample of incarcerated men, demonstrating that BPD is associated with STI/HIV risk in this population.
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HIV antibody therapy looks promising
Researchers suggest a new antibody-based drug may offer a better way to control HIV in the longer term, after showing a single dose stimulated immune response in patients.
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Innovative Bioresearch announces publication of pioneering pilot study exploring SupT1 cell infusion as a cell-based therapy for HIV in humanized mice
Innovative Bioresearch has announced the publication of a pioneering pilot study in the MDPI journal Vaccines, in which a novel cell-based HIV therapy using the SupT1 cell line as a decoy target…
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TSRI scientists find root cause of appetite loss during illness
The discovery opens the door to new therapies influencing appetite and weight.
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HIV infections drop, but US falls short of national goals
Better prevention, care will help cut more infections, said researchers from Penn Medicine and Johns Hopkins.
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