News Feature Channel: AIDS and HIV

FAU Secures $1.3M NIH Grant for Breakthrough in HIV Self-Test Technology

Florida Atlantic University — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:30:05 EST

FAU researchers have been awarded a five-year NIH grant to address the urgent need for a reliable, rapid and affordable self-test for early HIV detection. Expected to cost less than $5, the novel micro-chip technology will detect HIV during the acute infection phase or viral rebound, deliver rapid results in about 40 minutes and remain stable without refrigeration.

Two Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Named 2024 Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:55:49 EST

Two researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific society in the world and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Although Art Coverage Has Improved, Older Adults Face Considerable Barriers to HIV Prevention, Including Educational Disparities and Gender Inequities, Particularly in Rural Settings

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:30:27 EST

Machine Learning Could Help Predict Adherence to HIV Treatment in Adolescents

Washington University in St. Louis — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:35:39 EST

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis use AI to target HIV treatment interventions to improve compliance.

Mount Sinai Researchers Develop Method to Identify Dormant Cells That Carry HIV

Mount Sinai Health System — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:00:48 EST

Study findings provide a new gene pathway for potential treatment of the virus affecting millions

HIV Not Associated with Higher Risk for Coronary Artery Disease in Uganda, Challenging Prior Notions of Health Risks Among Regional Populations with HIV

American College of Physicians (ACP) — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:25:00 EST

A cross-sectional study of adults in Uganda with and without HIV was conducted to estimate the prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis disease (CAD) in Uganda and determine whether well-controlled HIV infection is associated with increased presence or severity of CAD.

New HIV Vaccine Candidate Discovered with Help From Argonne's Advanced Photon Source

Argonne National Laboratory — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:40:07 EST

Protein crystallization at the SER-CAT beamline at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source proved key to the discovery of a new HIV vaccine candidate.

Recruitment of First Caspar Wistar Fellow to Join HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center

Wistar Institute — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:05:38 EST

Colby Maldini, Ph.D., who joins Wistar's HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center as a Caspar Wistar Fellow

New Paper-based Device Boosts HIV Test Accuracy From Dried Blood Samples

Tufts University — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:35:48 EST

Researchers engineered a paper device with wax-printed patterns that collect precise volumes of blood, which can be used for sample collection at remote locations across the globe. A clinical pilot demonstrated significantly improved detection of HIV over current standard methods.

Award-Winning Pharmaco-Geneticist Advances Drug Discovery and Development for Africans

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:35:45 EST

Masimirembwa, a Distinguished Professor at Wits University's Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB), received the award at a ceremony in California, USA, on 7 February. The PMWC Pioneer Award recognises Masimirembwa's groundbreaking work in pharmacogenomics, shedding light on how genetic differences influence drug responses across diverse populations.

Transforming HIV Diagnosis: A Low-Cost, Point-of-Care Detection Solution

Chinese Academy of Sciences — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:25:17 EST

A team of researchers from the University of Florida has developed an innovative handheld device for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) detection that combines paper-based sample preparation with real-time isothermal amplification.

Stigma, Unequal Access and an Aging Population: Challenges to HIV Care and Prevention

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:40:17 EST

Rutgers Health experts discuss the pressing issues in HIV treatment and prevention

Researchers Look for the Best Ways to Help People with HIV Quit Smoking

University of Chicago Medical Center — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:25:53 EST

Combining bupropion medication and a behavioral counseling program dramatically increased quit rates among people living with HIV who smoked.

Scientists at The Wistar Institute's HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center Develop New Natural Killer Cell Strategy to Target HIV

Wistar Institute — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:20:54 EST

Researchers at The Wistar Institute's HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center have successfully identified a new approach using natural killer (NK) cells to target and kill the HIV-positive cells that allow the virus to persist. Wistar scientists have labeled this new approach "NuKES": Natural Killer Enhancement Strategy.

HIV Protein Switch May Help Virus Squeeze into Host Cell Nucleus

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:00:00 EST

How the HIV inserts its capsid into the host cell's nuclear pore is a puzzle and a therapeutic target. Simulations on the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bridges-2 system by a University of Pittsburgh team revealed how changes in the shape of the HIV-1 capsid protein may help the capsid be more flexible.

Two UdeM Researchers Get Close to $6M to Try to Defeat HIV

Universite de Montreal — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:45:38 EST

Nicolas Chomont and Andres Finzi will use the CIHR funds to work to develop a treatment capable of permanently eliminating the human immunodeficiency virus from the body.

Rutgers Global Health Expert Available to Discuss Trump's Freeze on HIV/AIDS Treatment in Africa

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:20:09 EST

Santa Maria, dean of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:30:48 EST

More than a decade of work with youth experiencing homelessness and HIV prevention has led to a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, dean of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.

Dr. Jennifer Jao Named Co-Chair of International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:45:44 EST

Dr. Jao has been involved with the Network as Protocol Co-Chair of IMPAACT P1115, which promising findings last year that children born with HIV who started treatment promptly after birth surpassed a year of remission after pausing antiretroviral therapy.

A Right Heart Exceeds All: New CAREs Grants Behind Penn Medicine Volunteer Projects

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:45:02 EST

The foundation of health care is strengthened by those who deliver that care, particularly by those who supplement their work through voluntary action. 37 Penn Medicine staff and medical students used Penn Medicine CAREs grants to serve their communities and beyond, from distributing warm clothes and food to helping young people who have been impacted by HIV/AIDS.