New method may help identify the essential ingredients for making an effective HIV vaccine
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 First-in-human nanoparticle HIV vaccine induces broad and publicly targeted helper T cell responsesFirst-in-human nanoparticle HIV vaccine induces broad and publicly targeted helper T cell responses
 
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, IAVI and other collaborating institutions have characterized robust T-cell responses in volunteers participating in the IAVI G001 Phase 1 clinical trial to test the safety and immune response of a self-assembling nanoparticle HIV vaccine.
 
 
 New method may help identify the essential ingredients for making an effective HIV vaccineNew method may help identify the essential ingredients for making an effective HIV vaccine
 
Since it was identified in 1984 as the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected more than 80 million people and been responsible for some 40 million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
 
   Nonhuman primate study helps explain how stem cell transplantation can kill HIV virusNonhuman primate study helps explain how stem cell transplantation can kill HIV virus
 
New animal research is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant.
 
   Antiviral drugs may be a new treatment strategy in the fight against Candida aurisAntiviral drugs may be a new treatment strategy in the fight against Candida auris
 
Antiviral drugs can make antifungals work again.
 
   $11.6 million NIDA grant supports the study of cannabis effects on HIV-infected brains$11.6 million NIDA grant supports the study of cannabis effects on HIV-infected brains
 
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health to study the effects cannabis, including marijuana and compounds derived from it, may have on the brains of those living with HIV.
 
 Novel technology enhances potency and breadth of vaccine-induced responses through antigen presentation
 
Novel technology enhances potency and breadth of vaccine-induced responses through antigen presentationNovel EABR technology enhances potency and breadth of vaccine-induced responses through antigen presentation.
 
 
 Looking at cancer drugs to help put the brakes on classic indicators of aging
 
Looking at cancer drugs to help put the brakes on classic indicators of agingAntiretroviral cocktails can make human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, undetectable and untransmittable, but both the virus and its treatment can also accelerate aging of bone and muscle.
 
 
 Immune cells targeting core protein play an important role in early immune defense against COVID-19
 
Immune cells targeting core protein play an important role in early immune defense against COVID-19LMU immunologists have studied the early immune response to acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and show how vaccines could be improved in future.