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October 7, 2020
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Mosquito-Borne Viruses Linked to Stroke

Sep. 18, 2020 — A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research has ...

Tiny Antibody Component Highly Effective Against SARS-COV-2 in Animal Studies

Sep. 14, 2020 — Scientists have isolated the smallest biological molecule to date that completely and specifically neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the ...
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Antiviral Used to Treat Cat Coronavirus Also Works Against SARS-CoV-2

Aug. 27, 2020 — Researchers are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a ...

Unique HIV Reservoirs in Elite Controllers

Aug. 26, 2020 — Unlike ART-treated individuals, elite controllers' viral reservoirs appear to be incapable of being reactivated. This likely helps the elite controllers maintain spontaneous, drug-free control of ...
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Many Practitioners Are Not Prescribing HIV Prevention Medication

Sep. 17, 2020 — Only about 54% of medical practitioners surveyed say they have prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, to HIV-vulnerable patients, according to a new ...

Antibiotic Molecule Enables Immune System to Kill HIV Infected Cells

Sep. 10, 2020 — A class of antibiotic molecules called pleicomacrolides inhibit the Nef protein, which HIV uses to evade the body's immune ...

New Insights Into Mechanism of Therapy to Reduce Liver Fat and Prevent Fibrosis

Aug. 26, 2020 — Researchers have taken an important step forward in the goal of developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver ...

Nasal Vaccine Against COVID-19 Prevents Infection in Mice

Aug. 21, 2020 — Scientists have developed a vaccine that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus, can be given in one dose via the nose and is effective in preventing infection in mice susceptible to the novel coronavirus. The ...

Long-Acting, Injectable Drug Could Strengthen Efforts to Prevent, Treat HIV

Aug. 21, 2020 — Scientists have developed an injectable drug that blocks HIV from entering cells. They say the new drug potentially offers long-lasting protection from the infection with fewer side effects. The ...

Cryo-EM Study Yields New Clues to Chicken Pox Infection

Aug. 18, 2020 — Scientists studying the varicella zoster virus found that an antibody that blocks infection doesn't work exactly as they'd ...

Study Explores the Association of Malaria, HIV With Anemia During Pregnancy

Aug. 14, 2020 — Pregnant women from sub-Saharan Africa with malaria and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher prevalence of anemia than pregnant women without infections, according to researchers. The ...

MS Drug May Be Used to Inhibit HIV Infection and Reduce Latent Reservoir

Aug. 13, 2020 — A multiple sclerosis drug may be used to block HIV infection and reduce the latent reservoir, according to new ...

Protein Uses Two Antiviral Strategies to Ward Off Infections

Aug. 11, 2020 — To protect humans against infection, a protein called MARCH8 tags the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) for destruction while it merely holds HIV hostage, a new study ...

Chemist's New Process Fast-Tracks Drug Treatments for Viral Infections and Cancer

Aug. 8, 2020 — Discovering antiviral and anticancer drugs will soon be faster and cheaper thanks to new ...

Sugar-Based Signature Identifies T Cells Where HIV Hides Despite Antiretroviral Therapy

Aug. 7, 2020 — Scientists may have discovered a new way of identifying and targeting hidden HIV viral reservoirs during treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART). These findings may have translational ...

National Academies Publishes Guide to Help Public Officials Make Sense of COVID-19 Data

July 30, 2020 — The National Academies has published a guide to help officials across the country interpret and understand different COVID-19 statistics and data sources as they make decisions about opening and ...

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Improved Function of Heart's Arteries

July 29, 2020 — In a pilot study of people living with HIV or high levels of cholesterol, researchers found that a six-week course of a cholesterol-lowering medication improved the function of the coronary arteries ...

Multiomics Investigation Revealing the Characteristics of HIV-1-Infected Cells in Vivo

July 28, 2020 — A research group using HIV-1-infected cells performed 'multiomics' analyses, which are technologies recently developed to comprehensively investigate the features of biological samples.In ...

Antiviral Method Against Herpes Paves the Way for Combating Incurable Viral Infections

July 24, 2020 — Researchers have discovered a new method to treat human herpes viruses. The new broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have ...

Researchers Discover New Pathways That Could Help Treat RNA Viruses

July 22, 2020 — Researchers have identified new pathways in an RNA-based virus where inhibitors, like medical treatments, unbind. The finding could be beneficial in understanding how these inhibitors react and ...

Neutralizing Antibodies Isolated from COVID-19 Patients May Suppress Virus

July 22, 2020 — Researchers have isolated antibodies from several COVID-19 patients that, to date, are among the most potent in neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These antibodies could be produced in large ...

Pioneering Method Reveals Dynamic Structure in HIV

July 16, 2020 — The method reveals that the lattice, which forms the major structural component of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is dynamic. The discovery of a diffusing lattice made from Gag and GagPol ...

Dangerous Parasite Controls Host Cell to Spread Around Body

July 16, 2020 — Researchers have discovered new information about how a dangerous parasite takes control of a patient's cells as it spreads throughout their body, an important finding that could help in the ...

Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus That Causes COVID-19

July 15, 2020 — A common drug, already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), may also be a powerful tool in fighting COVID-19, according to new ...
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