By Antonio Pisabarro. RNA viruses can be exceptionally mutable. Evolution has two driving forces: genetic variation and natural selection. Genetic variation occurs due to errors in the replication of genetic material. These errors are surprisingly infrequent, considering the amount of genetic material that is replicated […]
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By Neal Broverman. Healthy eating habits are important for everyone, but especially for those living with HIV. The southern African nation of Zimbabwe has made significant progress against HIV in recent years, with local reports indicating that nearly three-quarters of people living with the disease are now taking medication.
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By Nina Cosdón In Germany, users of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are advised to undergo regular testing for HIV, STIs, and kidney function. How often are PrEP users tested? HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication
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By Elena Auzmendi Escribano Two years after the pandemic began, we can say that the memory of what happened is still “very fresh.” But there is always a human tendency to forget the negative or, at least, to let it occupy increasingly distant places in our consciousness. I dare to propose 10
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By Matías A. Loewy The new recombinant variant XE, which combines the BA.1 and BA.2 omicron sublineages and is believed to be the easiest to transmit of all known variants, has so far only been detected in a small number of samples in Europe, and there are no records of its circulation in the Americas, this report stated.
The agency will ask advisors to evaluate a plan similar to the annual flu vaccine. Programmatic implications for regular COVID boosters will be high on the agenda of an FDA advisory committee meeting Wednesday, according to briefing documents released by agency staff.
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The new XE strain combines the original Omicron and the BA sublineage.2 BY MARÍA TERESA FERNÁNDEZ The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the detection of a new variant of Covid-19 that could become the most contagious to date. The new strain, called XE, is the result of combining the original variant of
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MSD and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced new data on Friday regarding the efficacy of their oral antiviral molnupiravir (Lagevrio) in clearing the virus. The results will be presented at the 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, held in Lisbon from April 23-26. The results are a new analysis of the trial.
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The concept that the immune cells of a person with HIV can attack HIV without being susceptible to the virus is not new. By R. Ibarra. And now, researchers have found ways to manufacture large quantities of virus-resistant immune cells from monkeys, allowing for the design of future studies on
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By Brooke Migdon. The Biden administration pledged this week to invest additional funds in an existing program to combat the HIV epidemic in the country, with the goal of eradicating the infection that causes AIDS by 2030. In his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, the president promised
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