HIV & AIDS
New Zealand's needle exchanges helped reduced HIV transmissions
New Zealand has avoided the high HIV rates seen among high-risk groups in other countries, a new study shows.
Feb 27, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
HIV outcomes improved by state-purchased insurance plans, study finds
Health insurance purchased by state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs for people living with HIV in states that did not expand Medicaid are improving outcomes and have the potential to save millions in healthcare costs, a new ...
Jan 30, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
People willing to risk near-certain death for an HIV cure
Nearly one-quarter of people living with HIV were willing to risk near-certain death in a clinical trial, if volunteering for the trial would help find a cure for the disease, according to the new study "HIV Cure Research."
Dec 13, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
HIV: Overwhelming the enemy from the start
1.7 million. That's how many people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each year worldwide. 1.7 million people who are condemned to lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) or risk developing fatal AIDS ...
Nov 26, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Shaping a contemporary research strategy for HIV
To end the HIV epidemic in the United States, the use of behavioral and social science research—combined with biomedical strategies—is essential, according to a series of new papers in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency ...
Oct 30, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Long-acting injectable multi-drug implant shows promise for HIV prevention and treatment
A new study published today in Nature Communications shows a promising alternative for those who have to take a daily pill regimen. Targeting HIV treatment and prevention, researchers across multiple departments at the University ...
Sep 20, 2019
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Genetics
Scientists use gene-editing tool CRISPR in attempt to cure HIV
The first attempt to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to cure HIV infection was unsuccessful but the approach does show promise.
Sep 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers pinpoint why HIV patients are more likely to develop tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and HIV—two of the world's deadliest infectious diseases—are far worse when they occur together. Now, Texas Biomedical Research Institute researchers have pinpointed an important mechanism at work in this ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
No cure yet, but progress made in managing and detecting Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease isn't something you must either passively accept or dread, a panel of doctors and scientific experts told an audience of more than 500.
Aug 29, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Multiple dosing of long-acting rilpivirine in a model of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
A long-acting antiretroviral agent such as rilpivirine could further improve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), already shown to be safe and effective at preventing AIDS in high risk populations, as it could overcome problems ...
Jul 25, 2019
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