Immunodeficiency

Spatial intelligence platform supports health policy decisions aimed at ending HIV

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INCLIVA Healthcare Research Institute-University Clinical Hospital of Valencia, the Universitat Politècnica de València – through its VRAIN Institute, the Valencia Anti-AIDS Committee and the Centre for Epidemiological Studies on Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) have joined forces to develop a spatial intelligence platform to support health policy decisions aimed at optimizing the … Read more

New HIV-seq tool advances understanding of persistent viral reservoirs

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For people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), life-saving antiretroviral therapy keeps their HIV-infected immune cells from making new copies of the virus, preventing illness and transmission. Historically, these infected cells have been known as the “latent” HIV reservoir-implying that the HIV within the infected cells is completely inactive. But notion that the entirety … Read more

What’s Stalling PrEP’s Success in Europe’s HIV Fight – Medscape

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What’s Stalling PrEP’s Success in Europe’s HIV Fight  Medscape Source link

Anti-HIV active diterpenoids identified in Daphne pseudomezereum

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A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, in collaboration with the Duke University Medical Center in the United States, has discovered for the first time that Daphne pseudomezereum (commonly known as Onishibari) contains a substance inhibiting replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The plants were … Read more

Gut microbiota impacts pneumococcal vaccine response in immunodeficient individuals

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Gut microbiota may be the key factor explaining why certain individuals do not respond well to the pneumococcal vaccine-a bacterium that can cause various diseases, such as pneumonia. This conclusion is drawn from a recent study led by the B Cell Biology Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, published in Science Advances. … Read more

The impact of extreme weather events on HIV prevention and care

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Extreme weather events linked to climate change exacerbate health inequities for people living with HIV, impacting prevention, care, and treatment outcomes, particularly in vulnerable regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Study: Climate change and extreme weather events and linkages with HIV outcomes: recent advances and ways forward. Image Credit: Arctic_photo / Shutterstock.com A recent review published in Current … Read more

Breastfeeding after COVID-19 vaccination is safe, with minimal changes to milk composition

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Cutting-edge research shows SARS-CoV-2 infection disrupts milk composition, but vaccines ensure safety for breastfeeding moms and their babies. Study: Associations between SARS-CoV-2 Infection or COVID-19 Vaccination and Human Milk Composition: A Multi-Omics Approach. Image Credit: TORWAISTUDIO / Shutterstock In a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition, a group of researchers investigated whether severe acute respiratory … Read more