Five critical elements, such as community-led and community-based infrastructure, equitable access to medicines, vaccines and health technologies and supporting workers on the pandemic front lines, need to be urgently implemented to stop the AIDS pandemic.
In 2020, one child was newly infected with HIV every 2 minutes, according to a new report by UNICEF. The new HIV and AIDS Global Snapshot showed that one child died from AIDS-related causes every five minutes, or 120,000 children during last year.
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 causing virus directly invades human kidney cells -- specifically the proximal tubules, which are major gatekeepers in the organ's waste-filtering function.
By the end of the decade, people with HIV using antiretroviral therapy (ART) to suppress the virus could increase as much as 36%, revealed researchers.
Antibodies that distort viruses, thereby preventing them from properly attaching to and entering cells have been discovered by Penn State researchers.
The new optogenetic tool, 'Opto-vTrap' is expected to contribute to treatment for epilepsy, muscle spasms, and skin wrinkles.
