Neuroscience
MRI scans can help spot HIV in the brain
Scientists at UCL have developed a way to use MRI scans to help identify when HIV is persisting in the brain despite effective drug treatment.
Mar 13, 2017
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Hiv Infection
HIV & AIDS
New study reveals why HIV remains in human tissue even after antiretroviral therapy
Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection is no longer the life sentence it once was. But despite the effectiveness of drugs to manage and treat the virus, it can never be fully eliminated from the human body, lingering ...
Mar 25, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Study challenges 'shock and kill' approach to eliminating HIV
Researchers have provided new insight into the cellular processes behind the 'shock and kill' approach to curing HIV, which they say challenges the effectiveness of the treatment.
May 1, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pink eye may be a sign you have COVID. What to know about the new virus symptom
A common and relatively mild malady is yet another symptom people should watch for in the fight against COVID-19, experts say.
May 3, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers watch, in real time, the dynamic motion of HIV as it readies an attack
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed technologies that allow investigators, for the first time, to watch what they call the "dance" of HIV proteins on the virus' surface, which may contribute to how ...
Oct 8, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
PrEP data links anti-HIV immune response to reduce chance of infection
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that some individuals exposed to HIV-1, but who remain uninfected, have a certain pattern of virus-specific immune responses that differentiated ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researcher identifies potential cause of 'long COVID'
Even though the COVID-19 public health emergency classification will expire this spring, the lingering effects of the pandemic remain. A constant puzzle to solve since the first year of the pandemic has been "long COVID," ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Genetics
CRISPR baby mutation significantly increases mortality
A genetic mutation that a Chinese scientist attempted to create in twin babies born last year, ostensibly to help them fend off HIV infection, is also associated with a 21% increase in mortality in later life, according to ...
Jun 3, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
New medical device extremely effective at preventing HIV in women
It's often said that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has a woman's face. The proportion of women infected with HIV has been on the rise for a decade; in sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 60 percent of people living with disease. ...
Sep 27, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Successful antibody trial in HIV-infected individuals
A research team led by investigators of the Rockefeller University in New York and Prof Florian Klein, University Hospital Cologne and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has tested a new HIV neutralising antibody, ...
Jan 17, 2017
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