HIV hijacks ’emergency response’ in host cells

Researchers have figured out how HIV gets around one of the body's best defenses.The discovery may pave the way for future treatments to stop it.

Kenny Gerling - U. Missouri • futurity
Feb. 16, 2022 ~5 min

HIV hijacks ’emergency response’ in host cells

Researchers have figured out how HIV gets around one of the body's best defenses.The discovery may pave the way for future treatments to stop it.

Kenny Gerling - U. Missouri • futurity
Feb. 16, 2022 ~5 min


‘Drug checking’ has a number of unexpected benefits

"Drug checking” programs connect users to benefits like HIV testing, but may run counter to state drug policies and can put staff at risk of arrest.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Feb. 8, 2022 ~9 min

Men who pay for sex may be key to spread of HIV

To better understand the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers look more closely at the role of men who pay for sex.

McGill University • futurity
Jan. 31, 2022 ~4 min

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

DNA and mRNA vaccines produce a different kind of immune response than traditional vaccines, allowing researchers to tackle some previously unsolvable problems in medicine.

Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington • conversation
Jan. 24, 2022 ~9 min

Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key to ending the US HIV epidemic

Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care system.

Nabila El-Bassel, Professor of Social Work, Director of Social Intervention Group, Columbia University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2021 ~11 min

Why COVID-19 must be included in safer sex messaging on college campuses

Schools have not adequately educated students about the increased risks of virus transmission when it comes to being sexually intimate.

Michele R. Cooley-Strickland, Project Scientist and Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 ~9 min

Use of HIV prevention treatments is very low among Southern Black gay men

This finding suggests public health efforts will have to address the treatment barriers these men face – like poverty or homophobia – to meet the nation’s goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.

Xiaoming Li, Professor of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min


Young American adults report having fewer sexual partners

A survey finds that fewer young adults report having more than one sexual partner in the last year and growth in the number who report abstaining.

Morgan Sherburne-Florida • futurity
Nov. 16, 2021 ~9 min

Scientists identify HIV patient whose body rids itself of virus

Scientists have identified the second untreated person living with HIV who shows no evidence of intact HIV genomes indicating that her immune system may have eliminated the HIV reservoir.

Rachel Leeson • harvard
Nov. 16, 2021 ~4 min

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