Current anti-AIDS drugs are highly effective at making HIV undetectable and allowing people with the virus to live longer, healthier lives. The treatments, a class of medications called antiretroviral therapy, also greatly ...
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NUS biologists have discovered that many edible plants contain natural compounds that can protect us from Zika and Dengue viruses.
Oct 5, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered a way to slow viral replication in the gastrointestinal tract of people infected by HIV-AIDS.
Sep 18, 2017
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In an important step towards eradicating HIV-associated viral reservoirs, researchers at Sydney's Westmead Institute for Medical Research have identified how the HIV virus hijacks the innate immune system to facilitate its ...
Sep 14, 2017
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University of Hertfordshire researchers have developed a new concept which could lead to the discovery of universal anti-influenza drugs.
Jun 19, 2017
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Earlier this week, for the first time, a drug was FDA-approved for cancer based on disease genetics rather than type.
May 26, 2017
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Scientists have demonstrated that a human protein known as valosin containing protein (VCP) is essential for replication of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). The findings, published in PLOS Pathogens, identify VCP as a potential ...
May 11, 2017
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HIV cure research to date has focused on clearing the virus from T cells, a type of white blood cell that is an essential part of the immune system. Yet investigators in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University ...
Apr 17, 2017
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Analysis of daily gene activation in a patient with severe Ebola virus disease cared for at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2015 found changes in antiviral and immune response genes that pinpointed key transition ...
Apr 12, 2017
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A new study shows how errors in a specific gene can cause growth defects associated with a rare type of dwarfism.
Feb 13, 2017
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