HIV & AIDS
New directions for HIV treatment
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a new compound which could inform future HIV cure strategies, according to research published in Science Advances.
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Medications
Combination anti-HIV antibody infusions suppress virus for prolonged period
Individuals with HIV who began taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the early stages of infection achieved a lengthy period of HIV suppression without ART after receiving two broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies (bNAbs), ...
Jun 1, 2022
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Medical research
Uncovering the HIV life cycle
Though it has been eclipsed lately by SARS-CoV-2, there is another global epidemic still threatening people: HIV/AIDS. According to UNAIDS, a United Nations initiative, some 38 million people worldwide are currently infected ...
Mar 29, 2022
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Immunology
Scientists move HIV vaccine research forward by developing an immunogen that produces tier-2 antibodies
Nearly four decades after its discovery, HIV has killed 36.3 million people, with no vaccine in sight. However, a new study by researchers at The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, ...
Feb 4, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
New technique solves HIV capsid structure and could be blueprint of capsid-targeting antivirals
A new technique using electron tomography and subtomogram averaging at Diamond's electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC), has solved the structure of the HIV capsid alone and in complex with host factors. This work also led to ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One coronavirus vaccine may protect against other coronaviruses
Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown for the first time that coronavirus vaccines and prior coronavirus infections can provide broad immunity against other, similar coronaviruses. The findings build a rationale for ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Genetics
HIV-like virus edited out of primate genome
Taking a major step forward in HIV research, scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have successfully edited SIV—a virus closely related to HIV, the cause of AIDS—from the genomes of non-human ...
Nov 30, 2020
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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
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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HIV & AIDS
Scientists pinpoint new mechanism that impacts HIV infection
A team of scientists led by Texas Biomed's Assistant Professor Smita Kulkarni, Ph.D. and Mary Carrington, Ph.D., at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, published results of a study that pinpointed a long ...
Jul 24, 2019
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