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RUB expert explores why public-private partnerships are important for health policy

Governments often cooperate with private partners when it comes to international health policy. This approach makes sense, says Professor Markus Kaltenborn.

26 Oct 2021

Case Western Reserve secures $16 million to understand the relation between substance use and HIV

The use of opioids, methamphetamines, cocaine and other stimulants is the second-most-common cause of exposure to HIV among those in the United States diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.

25 Oct 2021

Researchers collate data to help breast cancer patients understand well-being outcomes after surgery

When a woman receives a breast cancer diagnosis, she may have many questions about her immediate future – the stage of the disease, what treatment she'll receive, where it will happen.

25 Oct 2021

Nanoparticle-mediated, slow-release delivery of TT-10 enhances heart attack recovery in mouse model

A heart attack kills heart muscle cells, leading to a scar that weakens the heart, often leading to eventual heart failure. The lack of muscle repair is due to the very limited ability of mammalian heart muscle cells to proliferate, except for a brief period around birth.

25 Oct 2021

Investigational inhaled COVID-19 treatment graduates to phase 3 in ACTIV-2 trial

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the largest global HIV research network, which recently expanded its focus to include evaluating outpatient treatment for COVID-19, today announced that the external data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) has recommended that SNG001, an inhaled formulation of interferon beta, advance to phase 3 in the ACTIV-2 Outpatient Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Therapies Trial (ACTG A5401).

21 Oct 2021

Novel trial uses a virtual village to treat HIV-associated loneliness

A new clinical trial designed by Maile Young Karris, MD, internal medicine physician and infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego Health, seeks to discover whether people living with HIV can benefit from emotional support offered by a virtual community, and from physical support and services delivered by community volunteers.

21 Oct 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dems agree to agree, but not on what to agree on

Meanwhile, Biden administration officials unveil plans to provide covid-19 vaccines to younger children without looking like they are prejudging the science, in an attempt to avoid the mixed messaging that presaged the rollout of booster doses for adults.

21 Oct 2021

Novel Einstein-developed strategy successfully suppresses HIV infections in mice

Armed with a novel strategy they developed for bolstering the body's immune response, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have successfully suppressed HIV infections in mice - offering a path to a functional cure for HIV and other chronic viral infections.

21 Oct 2021

Albert Einstein College of Medicine wins new NIH funding to support diabetes research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research (NY-CDTR).

20 Oct 2021

Suggested mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 infection inhibition by Mitoxantrone

A group of researchers performed a drug repurposing screen on an FDA-approved anti-cancer drug named Mitoxantrone.

20 Oct 2021

Research may lead to breakthroughs in combating cancer drug resistances

New research has revealed the differences in mechanism behind cancer’s resistance to the major class of anti-cancer drugs known as nucleoside analogues.

20 Oct 2021

COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections among immunocompromised individuals

A study of breakthrough infections in immunocompromised people following two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 concluded that immunocompromised people would be best served with a third dose of the vaccine for better protection.

19 Oct 2021

Patient decision aids for urologic conditions fall short of quality and readability standards

Online patient decision aids for common urologic conditions fall short of recommendations for readability and minimum standards for quality, reports a study in Urology Practice, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association.

19 Oct 2021

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global TB report.

15 Oct 2021

Study reveals the zoonotic potential of the rat Sialodacryoadenitis virus

A new review aimed to describe the current state of knowledge on Sialodacryoadenitis virus, along with its characteristics and potential zoonotic threat.

13 Oct 2021

Single-genome sequencing reveals malaria parasite genetics and evolution

Understanding how malaria parasites evolve after a human is bitten by an infected mosquito is very difficult. There can be billions of individual parasites in a patient's bloodstream and traditional genetic sequencing techniques can't identify the raw material for evolution: new mutations.

12 Oct 2021

A new bacterial two-hybrid assay to study SARS-CoV-2 interactome

Recently, scientists have developed a bacterial two-hybrid (B2H) system to study the PPIs of SARS-CoV-2 in a heterologous non-eukaryotic system. This study is available on the bioRxiv* preprint server. Put simply, the B2H system could be used to analyze the SARS-CoV-2 proteome.

11 Oct 2021

Combination therapies are the most effective smoking cessation medicines, review finds

Combination therapies, particularly varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) combined, are the most effective tobacco cessation pharmacotherapies, the largest review to examine the effectiveness and safety of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and medicines that people use to quit tobacco has found.

11 Oct 2021

Lipids, COVID-19, and host immunity

A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania examines the role played by lipids in this disease.

10 Oct 2021

WHO recommends widespread use of malaria vaccine for children living in regions at risk

The World Health Organization is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.

8 Oct 2021

AIDS News and Research

RUB expert explores why public-private partnerships are important for health policy

Case Western Reserve secures $16 million to understand the relation between substance use and HIV

Researchers collate data to help breast cancer patients understand well-being outcomes after surgery

Nanoparticle-mediated, slow-release delivery of TT-10 enhances heart attack recovery in mouse model

Investigational inhaled COVID-19 treatment graduates to phase 3 in ACTIV-2 trial

Novel trial uses a virtual village to treat HIV-associated loneliness

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dems agree to agree, but not on what to agree on

Novel Einstein-developed strategy successfully suppresses HIV infections in mice

Albert Einstein College of Medicine wins new NIH funding to support diabetes research

Suggested mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 infection inhibition by Mitoxantrone

Research may lead to breakthroughs in combating cancer drug resistances

COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections among immunocompromised individuals

Patient decision aids for urologic conditions fall short of quality and readability standards

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Study reveals the zoonotic potential of the rat Sialodacryoadenitis virus

Single-genome sequencing reveals malaria parasite genetics and evolution

A new bacterial two-hybrid assay to study SARS-CoV-2 interactome

Combination therapies are the most effective smoking cessation medicines, review finds

Lipids, COVID-19, and host immunity

WHO recommends widespread use of malaria vaccine for children living in regions at risk

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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