Study demonstrates efficacy of iron supplements for children living with HIV
A University of Minnesota Medical School research team has found that giving iron supplements to children living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sub-Saharan Africa could be an important first step in optimizing brain development. The research, published in the journal Lancet HIV, demonstrates that iron, while often withheld from children with HIV due to […]
New gene discovery aids HIV vaccine progress
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a gene that could hinder HIV vaccine effectiveness in humans, paving the way for improved vaccine development against HIV and other diseases like cancer and malaria. Credit: OHSU / Christine Torres Hicks Continuing their journey to develop a vaccine for HIV, Oregon Health & Science University […]
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Sweden meets U.N. targets for combating HIV epidemic: Study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sweden has reached the UNAIDS and WHO targets for the HIV epidemic, according to a study in Eurosurveillance by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and others. According to the researchers, Sweden is the first country in the world to achieve these targets. Sweden has reached a historic milestone in the fight against […]
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Kidney transplantation among those with HIV infections shown safe and effective, study suggests
It is just as safe and effective for people with HIV in need of kidney transplantation to get their organ from donors who are also HIV positive as it is from donors who are not infected with the virus, a new study shows. Survival rates for organ recipients one and three years after the procedure […]
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Promising TB therapy appears safe for patients with HIV
A therapy showing promise to help control tuberculosis (TB) does not interfere with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), according to research by Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed). “This is an important hurdle that this host-directed therapy had to clear in order to help patients battling both HIV and TB,” said Texas Biomed Professor Smriti Mehra, […]
A viral close-up of HTLV-1
Almost everyone knows about HIV. Fewer people know about its relative, HTLV-1. However, HTLV-1 can cause serious illnesses, including cancer. To develop ways to combat this virus, understanding its structure is essential. Martin Obr and Florian Schur from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and US colleagues now show the virus in close-up […]
