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December 23, 2024

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Study Assesses Virulence of Cryptococcus Strains, Laying Groundwork for Improved Treatment

Dec. 16, 2024 — A lab has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of ...

Americans Are Uninformed About and Undervaccinated for HPV

Dec. 10, 2024 — Research shows that HPV accounts for 70% of all throat cancers, but only one-third of the public is aware that HPV causes throat ...

Clinical Trial Reveals Twice-Yearly Injection to Be 96% Effective in HIV Prevention

Nov. 27, 2024 — Recent results from a recent clinical trial indicate that a twice-yearly injection of Lenacapavir offers an overall 96% reduced risk of acquiring HIV. This makes Lenacapavir significantly more ...

Cervical Cancer Deaths in Young Women Plummet After Introduction of HPV Vaccine

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers found a reduction in cervical cancer mortality in women under the age of 25, which is likely due to the introduction of the HPV ...

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Study Demonstrates Efficacy of Iron Supplements for Children Living With HIV

Oct. 31, 2024 — A research team has found that giving iron supplements to children living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sub-Saharan Africa could be an ...

Promising TB Therapy Appears Safe for Patients With HIV

Oct. 1, 2024 — A therapy showing promise to help control tuberculosis does not interfere with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), according to new ...

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 ...

New Chemical Tool for Infection Research: Visualizing the Sphingomyelin Metabolism

Aug. 29, 2024 — Researchers resent a new molecule for visualizing the sphingomyelin metabolism. This offers prospects for innovative therapeutic approaches in ...

Chlamydia Can Settle in the Intestine

Aug. 23, 2024 — Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long ...

New Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer Combines Prophylactic and Therapeutic Activity

Aug. 14, 2024 — A vaccine against cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPV) is intended to help increase the rate of HPV vaccinations, particularly in developing ...

Why Virus Causing Cold Sores Does Not Spread to Devastating Brain Infection

Aug. 5, 2024 — A previously unknown defence mechanism in the brain prevents herpesvirus from infecting the brain's nerve ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Study Finds 40-Percent of Cancer Cases and Almost Half of All Deaths in the US Linked to Modifiable Risk Factors

July 11, 2024 — A new study finds four in 10 cancer cases and about one-half of all cancer deaths in adults 30 years old and older in the United States (or 713,340 ...

Sub-Saharan Africa Leads Global HIV Decline

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new study reveals significant progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, alongside a stark warning that current trends indicate the world is not on track to meet the ambitious UNAIDS 2030 ...

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 ...

Methods to Quit Smoking Effective Regardless of Mental Health History

June 4, 2024 — Researchers conducted a survey to study how mental health relates to methods people use to quit smoking, also known as smoking cessation aids. While the number of adults who smoke cigarettes has ...

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 precursor B cells of a class of HIV broadly ...

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 ...

Study Finds School Entry Requirements Linked to Increased HPV Vaccination Rates

Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study shows that school entry requirements are linked to an increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 age that may make them eligible to test for ...