Tag: HIV/AIDS
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Student Investigates Statin Use in People With HIV
Robert Riestenberg, a third-year medical student, was the first author of a recent study that evaluated statin use among people with HIV, a population at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Public Health Panel Discusses World AIDS Day
Northwestern scientists specializing in HIV and AIDS gathered to share their experiences during a panel held December 3, to commemorate World AIDS Day.
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Reducing HIV Risk in Young Transgender Women
A behavioral program significantly reduced the sexual risk for HIV infection among young transgender women, according to a Northwestern Medicine clinical trial.
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Online HIV Prevention Program Receives $8.8 Million NIH Grant to Put Research Into Practice
The National Institutes of Health has awarded an $8.8 million grant to Keep It Up!, a novel online HIV prevention program that has been shown to reduce sexually transmitted infections in gay young men by 40 percent.
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Leading World-Class Investigations Into Infectious Diseases
Feinberg scientists are confronting significant, global challenges — from antimicrobial resistance to HIV — through collaborative, cutting-edge basic science and clinical research within the Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Investigating Birth Outcomes and HIV Drug Regimens
Drugs commonly used to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy were not associated with a higher risk of adverse birth outcomes, according to a new study.
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Medical Student Investigates Arrhythmia’s Link to HIV
Immunosuppression among patients with HIV was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of heart arrhythmias, according to a new study.
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Molecular Mechanism Behind HIV-Associated Dementia Revealed
Northwestern Medicine scientists showed how enzyme inhibitors might be used to halt a molecular process that can cause neurodegeneration in patients with HIV.
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HIV Infection Hijacks Intracellular Highways
A Northwestern Medicine study found the human immunodeficiency virus uses proteins called diaphanous-related formins to hijack the cytoskeleton of healthy cells.
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Novel Approach Offers New Insights Into HIV’s Lifecycle
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel method of tracking HIV infection, allowing the behavior of individual virions to be connected to infectivity.
