AIDS/HIV

Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00186 Gold leaf -- gold metal hammered into thin sheets -- is used by artists and crafters to gild picture frames, artwork and clothing. Despite its luxurious…

HERSHEY, Pa. -- Over the past year, studies have revealed that certain pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure, can increase a person's risk of dying from COVID-19. New research shows that individuals…

While other medical systems across the country failed to maintain HIV screening volumes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Chicago Medicine maintained screening volumes by including universal HIV screening alongside…

Current research insufficient to provide adequate care for individuals Clinical practice guidelines for dealing with the physical and mental health of transgender people highlight the current lack of a solid research base which must be…

Scientists at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard discover that "elite controllers" have myeloid dendritic cells that display characteristics of trained innate immune cells. BOSTON -- Immunity often calls to mind the adaptive…

May 4, 2021 - From the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, nurses have been at the forefront of patient care, advocacy, and research. But even in the age of antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure prophylaxis, many challenges…

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University promote better health through gamificationCredit: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke…

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers to evaluate impact of proactive opt-out approach to smoking cessation interventionsCredit: Sarah Pack/MUSC Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have received more than $2 million from the…

New study demonstrates HIV, mental health, obesity and substance use disorders as risk factors on most common type of heart disease in young African American patients WASHINGTON, D.C, (April 28, 2021) - A retrospective analysis of risk…

Gladstone researchers have identified the blood cells most likely to be targeted by HIV during a real-life infectionCredit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA--April 27, 2021--In the 40-some years since the beginning of the…

Each year over 150,000 infants worldwide are infected with HIV in the womb, at birth, or through breastfeeding. Why transmission occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine…

Beliefs about and experiences with healthcare may influence people's use of the HIV prevention pill, says Rutgers study Cisgender sexual minority men and transgender women are aware of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill for…

What The Study Did: The results of incorporating HIV screening into COVID-19 testing at an emergency department in Chicago are reported in this study. Authors: David Pitrak, M.D., of the University of Chicago Medicine, is the…

Study may improve clinical trials of therapeutics aimed at curing human immunodeficiency virus A new test that measures the quantity and quality of inactive HIV viruses in the genes of people living with HIV may eventually give researchers…

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research last week launched a Phase 2 clinical trial in Thailand to evaluate an interleukin-15 (IL-15) superagonist, ImmunityBio's…

Credit: NIAID WHAT: The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people with or at risk for HIV both indirectly, by interfering with HIV treatment and prevention services, and directly, by threatening individual health. An effective response…

Passing policies like the Equality Act that prohibit hate crimes and LGBTQ discrimination are especially critical for Black sexual minority men, Rutgers researcher says Eliminating racist and anti-LGBTQ policies is essential to improving…

Intimate partner violence found to be associated with riskier behaviors associated with elevated transmission of HIV, increased depression and anxiety, and poor adherence to HIV treatment, scientists report in the American Journal of…

FINDINGS A UCLA research team has shown that using a truncated form of the CD4 molecule as part of a gene therapy to combat HIV yielded superior and longer-lasting results in mouse models than previous similar therapies using the CD4…

Researchers identify signatures of immune dysfunction that are shared in aging and chronic viral infections of HIV and Hepatitis CCredit: Dr. David Furman Research from the Buck Institute and Stanford University suggests that chronic…