by Temple University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Gene-editing therapy aimed at two targets—HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, and CCR5, the co-receptor that helps the virus get into cells—can effectively eliminate HIV infection, new research from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) shows. The study, published online...
TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE PICTURE SHOWS STAINING FOR ENGINEERED CELLS THAT SECRETE THE ANTIBODY AGAINST HIV. CREDIT: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY A new study from Tel Aviv University offers a new and unique treatment for AIDS which may be developed into a vaccine or a one time treatment for patients with HIV. The study examined the...
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by Franny White, Oregon Health & Science University HIV-1 Virus. Credit: J Roberto Trujillo/Wikipedia An experimental, lab-made antibody can completely prevent nonhuman primates from being infected with the monkey form of HIV, new research published in Nature Communications shows. The results will inform a future human clinical trial evaluating leronlimab as potential pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP,...
Combination of 2 antibodies taken 30 hours after virus exposure prevents infection in baby monkeys Date:January 7, 2020 Source:Oregon Health & Science University Summary:A single dose of an antibody-based treatment can prevent HIV transmission from mother to baby, new nonhuman primate research suggests for the first time. This is the first time a single dose of broadly neutralizing antibodies given after viral exposure has been found to prevent infection...
Denis Rebrikov also told Nature that he does not plan to implant gene-edited embryos until he gets regulatory approval. David Cyranoski An earlier version of this story and its headline incorrectly stated that Denis Rebrikov had started editing eggs from a woman with a mutation that causes deafness. Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has started gene editing in eggs donated by women who can...
UC Riverside-led study finds persons with any HPV type, more than one HPV type, or high-risk HPV are more likely to test HIV positive UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE IMAGE: BRANDON BROWN SEEN HERE AT HIS DESK. CREDIT: GENEVIEVE CASANOVA, UC RIVERSIDE. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — An international research team led by a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has for the first time identified individual types...
An international team that includes Rutgers scientists has made significant progress in developing a urine diagnostic test that can quickly, easily and inexpensively identify tuberculosis infection in people also infected with HIV. TB is the leading infectious disease killer in the world and the most common cause of death for people living with HIV, although...
HIV infecting a human cell. Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel method of tracking HIV infection, allowing the behavior of individual virions—infectious particles—to be connected to infectivity. The findings could help lead to the development of novel therapies for HIV prevention and treatment by providing a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of HIV’s...
