- Lab experiments with cells of the immune system - monocytes and macrophages - have found that these cells produce an enzyme that converts vitamin D into its ...
- Researchers in Germany have conducted a randomized placebo-controlled study of vitamin D3 supplementation in overweight people who took part in a structured ...
- Cholesterol-lowering medications, commonly called statins, are often prescribed by physicians for HIV-positive people. In general, when used correctly and in ...
- Dolutegravir is a powerful anti-HIV drug sold under the following brand names: . Tivicay – dolutegravir. Juluca – dolutegravir + rilpivirine. Triumeq – ...
- Integrase inhibitors are a class of anti-HIV drugs widely used as part of HIV combination therapy (ART) in Canada and other high-income countries. Integrase ...
- Most clinical trials testing HIV drugs enroll young and relatively healthy adults. Such studies do not capture the effects of a drug in different populations, ...
- Shortly after gaining entry to the body and infecting the cells of the immune system that it encounters, HIV causes profound changes to the immune system. The ...
- One approach to gene therapy that has much potential is called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats). CRISPR was discovered several ...
- The technology of gene editing through CRISPR has the potential to clear people’s cells of HIV’s genetic material, treat some cancers and correct inherited ...
- HIV infection is associated with a range of complex injuries to the immune system that, if left untreated, ultimately result in life-threatening infections, ...
- As mentioned earlier in this issue of TreatmentUpdate, research strongly suggests that in HIV-positive people fungi and/or fungal products leak across the ...
- There are a group of super-antibodies that have been developed that are highly effective when used in combination against HIV. The technical name for this group ...