Reprogrammed skin cells shed light on HIV-related cognitive impairment

Using participant skin cells reprogrammed into neurons, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified genetic signatures ...
Fred Hutch

Timing of ART administration for HIV is more important than we thought

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes healthy adults to become immunosuppressed, integrates its viral genetic code into the genome of the immune CD4+ T cells. While ...
EurekAlert!

HIV in cell culture can be completely eliminated using CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology, increasing hopes of cure

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April). Please credit the ...
Vallejo Times Herald

CRISPR gene editing could kill HIV. But is it a cure?

In a provocative first step toward an elusive end to a devastating disease that has claimed 40 million lives, three patients have received CRISPR gene-editing therapies in an effort to eradicate HIV ...
New Scientist

Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may lead to new drugs

A genetic variant found only in people of African ancestry may offer them considerable protection against HIV. A better understanding of this could improve treatments for the infection among these ...
GEN

Early Gene Therapy Provides Lasting HIV Protection in Newborn Primates

Despite decades of progress, pediatric HIV continues to pose devastating challenges in regions with limited access to care. Globally, more than 100,000 children are infected with HIV each ...