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New drug candidate reawakens sleeping HIV in hopes of functional cure
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New drug candidate reawakens sleeping HIV in hopes of functional cure

by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have created a next-generation drug called Ciapavir (SBI-0953294) that is effective at reactivating dormant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The research, published in Cell Reports Medicine, aims to create a functional HIV cure by activating and then eliminating all pockets of...

If J&J really wants to support nurses, it should make the TB drug bedaquiline affordable
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If J&J really wants to support nurses, it should make the TB drug bedaquiline affordable

By SASHA CUTTLER, MARY MAGEE, and GUY VANDENBERGMAY 18, 2020 As nurses who worked in 5B, the first U.S. hospital ward dedicated HIV/AIDS, which opened in San Francisco General Hospital in 1983, we have been directly affected in profound ways by the disease and its opportunistic infections. One of us is HIV-positive, infected from exposure...

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Link identified between dietary selenium and outcome of COVID-19 disease

by University of Surrey Publishing their findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers using data (up to 18 February), investigated possible links between selenium levels in the body and cure or death rates of those with the COVID-19 virus in China. Selenium is an essential trace element obtained from the diet (i.e. fish,...

New approach to curing HIV
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New approach to curing HIV

New treatment method being tested in clinical study. Hamburg-based researchers are seeking to improve future treatment of HIV patients using a new gene and cell method. Under the umbrella of Hamburg biotech startup Provirex, they are developing a new therapeutic approach that uses ‘gene scissors’ to cut out the blueprint of the AIDS pathogen HIV...

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What you need to know about polyps in your colon

Perhaps one of the most dreaded parts of turning 50, is having to get a colonoscopy. While regular colon screening can be uncomfortable, Dr. John Kisiel, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, says this screening is a crucial step in catching colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps early. Kisiel says polyps play a bigger role in colorectal cancer...

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HIV treatment-as-prevention is effective in homosexual male couples, study finds

July 17, 2018 by Estelle Jones, University of New South Wales A study led by the Kirby Institute at UNSW supports evidence that treatment-as-prevention allows people living with HIV to have effectively zero chance of sexually transmitting the virus to others. Results from a large study of HIV transmission risk among homosexual male couples with differing...

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Candidate AIDS vaccine passes key early test

Paris (AFP) – The near 40-year quest for an AIDS vaccine received a hopeful boost Saturday when scientists announced that a trial drug triggered an immune response in humans and shielded monkeys from infection. Scientists announced that a trial drug against the AIDS vaccine has yielded encouraging results and has advanced to the next phase...

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