AIDS/HIV

Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - A new study from ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University suggests that injection drug users prescribed controlled-release hydromorphone are three…

La Jolla, California (January 18, 2020). A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation enrolled people with HIV who also happened to have a terminal illness to study where HIV hides in the human body so doctors can better…

Credit: Dr. Sallie Permar HOUSTON, Jan. 15, 2020 - The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Sallie Permar, MD, PhD, as the recipient of the 2020 SPR Award in honor of E. Mead Johnson, the most prestigious honor…

Credit: Kate Grabowski Areas of high HIV prevalence, known as 'hotspots', do not necessarily fuel the epidemic in the wider population, say researchers. Hotspots are often targeted for intense HIV control interventions, including…

Credit: Photo: Stefan Zimmerman. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that MAIT cells (mucosa-associated invariant T cells), part of the human immune system, respond with dynamic…

A newly discovered mechanism allows the immune system to detect and respond to HIVCredit: CEMIR, the Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Ever since antiretroviral treatments against…

Credit: Colin Hackley/Florida State University College of Medicine TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A discovery by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers is expected to open the door for new and more potent treatment…

Study: Combination of 2 antibodies taken 30 hours after virus exposure prevents infection in baby monkeys A single dose of an antibody-based treatment can prevent HIV transmission from mother to baby, new nonhuman primate research suggests…

Amnesia to the immunity afforded by childhood vaccines and infections prior to HIV infection may present a significant health risk BROOKLYN, N.Y. (January 6, 2020) - A study led by researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University…

New Haven, Conn. -- A new study led by Yale University researchers finds that scaling up use of methadone and buprenorphine -- medications for treating opioid use disorder known as opioid agonist therapies (OATs) -- could greatly reduce…