The Biden administration released a new five-year plan for the global response on World AIDS Day, reaffirming its commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that at the end of 2019, more than 1.1 million Americans have HIV. The administration announced on Thursday that it […]
HIV and hepatitis C patients have a higher risk of heart attack as they aged
It was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. As people with HIV age, their risk of heart attack increases far more if they also have untreated hepatitis C virus, even if their HIV is treated, according to new research. Since the introduction of […]
Anal cancer in HIV-positive individuals is reduced by more than half when precancerous growths are treated
The New England Journal of Medicine publishes findings. Michael Hagensee, MD, Ph.D., and his team of researchers have demonstrated for the first time that treating precancerous anal growths known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) in people living with HIV dramatically reduced the progression to anal cancer. Human papillomavirus (HPV), which also causes cervical cancer, […]
Innovative HIV combo medicines may stop viral reactivation and escape
Based on the genetics of the virus, a computer-based method might assist clinicians in choosing the most effective combinations of broadly neutralising antibodies to treat HIV. According to a study that was just published in eLife, carefully formulated combinations of broadly neutralising antibodies (bNAbs) could help treat HIV while reducing the chance that the virus […]
