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Study highlights the need for urgent action on child hunger and malnutrition

Urgent action is needed to address the millions of children suffering from hunger and malnutrition worldwide, according to the authors of a study which tracked the health of children over 15 years.

16 Feb 2024

City of Hope cures oldest person of blood cancer and achieves HIV remission

City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, treated the oldest person to be cured of a blood cancer and then achieve remission for HIV after receiving a blood stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation.

15 Feb 2024

Women with HIV experience accelerated DNA aging, study shows

Women with HIV experience accelerated DNA aging, a phenomenon that can lead to poor physical function, according to a study led by Stephanie Shiau, an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health.

15 Feb 2024

Combination therapy shows promise in targeting latent HIV reservoirs

Antiretroviral therapies (ART) stop HIV replication in its tracks, allowing people with HIV to live relatively normal lives.

15 Feb 2024

U of M research offers new avenue of hope in the fight against chronic HIV

Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases Oxford Academic, research led by the University of Minnesota Medical School offers a new avenue of hope in the fight against chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

14 Feb 2024

New guideline aims to improve diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis

A group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, which aims at improving infection management and thus the survival rate of patients.

13 Feb 2024

Exploring UK teenagers' concerns about future parenthood and their reproductive health education

Nearly half of teenagers are worried about having children and many lack knowledge about their reproductive health, find two new studies by UCL researchers.

12 Feb 2024

CARB-X awards $1.8 million to Visby Medical to develop a portable rapid PCR test for gonorrhea

Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award up to US$1.8 million to biotechnology company, Visby Medical, to develop a portable rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic to detect the presence of the pathogen that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and its susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, a former frontline oral antibiotic that can no longer treat resistant NG.

9 Feb 2024

Vaccines safe for pregnant women with HIV but show reduced immune response

A meta-analysis in eClinicalMedicine finds vaccines are safe for pregnant women living with HIV, showing reduced immunogenicity compared to those without HIV but no increase in adverse events, highlighting the need for their inclusion in vaccine trials.

9 Feb 2024

COVID-19 may increase risk of pregnancy complications through placental DNA changes

DNA changes consistent with life-threatening pregnancy complications have been found in the placentas of pregnant women infected by COVID-19, according to University of Queensland researchers.

8 Feb 2024

LJI scientists uncover clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis

La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) is working to guide the development of new tuberculosis vaccines and drug therapies.

6 Feb 2024

Sexually transmitted infections pose new threat to aging adults

The incidence of HIV and other STIs among people aged 60 to 89 years is increasing in some regions of the world.

6 Feb 2024

Paxlovid enhances treatment options for COVID-19 patients

The design, synthesis, and mechanism of action of Paxlovid.

6 Feb 2024

HIV patients have been less vaccinated with the full initial regimen against COVID-19

In December, the journal Vaccines published an analysis of COVID-19 vaccination coverage among people with HIV in Catalonia between December 2020 and July 2022.

5 Feb 2024

Unveiling HIV's "latch": New study reveals key to blocking infection

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic code, there's a spectacularly brief moment in which a tiny piece of its surface snaps open to begin the process of infection.

2 Feb 2024

CRISPR revolutionized: New method edits genes directly in the body

Most approved gene therapies today, including those involving CRISPR-Cas9, work their magic on cells removed from the body, after which the edited cells are returned to the patient.

1 Feb 2024

Surge in syphilis cases leads some providers to ration penicillin

When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said, he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating.

1 Feb 2024

Syphilis: A silent epidemic reawakens

Study reports a significant increase in syphilis cases in India, highlighting the need for effective prevention and treatment despite the availability of effective therapies.

31 Jan 2024

Immunocompromised patients show prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and unique mutations

study identifies risk factors for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised patients, revealing that B-cell dysfunction, solid organ transplantation, and AIDS lead to longer infections and unique spike mutations.

31 Jan 2024

New DNA-based vaccine can induce strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2

Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2.

30 Jan 2024