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Single vaccine dose shows 84% effectiveness against mpox, but insufficient for HIV patients

Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that a single dose of the Imvanex vaccine provides protection against mpox with 84% effectiveness. For people with HIV, however, a single dose of the vaccine fails to offer sufficient ...

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Study shows significant progress in HIV treatment initiation in the Asia-Pacific region

In a study published in AIDS Research and Therapy, Ph.D. candidate Thinh Vu explores the temporal trends in the time from HIV diagnosis to the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) across the Asia-Pacific region. This ...

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Scientists discover the function of a mysterious HIV component

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have discovered the mechanism behind an important step in the life cycle of HIV. Working together with teams at Heidelberg and Yale Universities, they found that the ...

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HIV protein switch may help virus squeeze into host cell nucleus

Supercomputer simulations have revealed how changes in the shape of the HIV-1 capsid protein may help the virus squeeze its inner core into the host cell's nuclear membrane. The findings, by a University of Pittsburgh team ...