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Study suggests aspirin reduces HIV target cells in women

Women who regularly take aspirin could significantly reduce inflammation associated with contracting HIV, new research finds. The pilot study, released Thursday, does not suggest that taking aspirin will prevent transmission of the disease. The research also did not factor in men.

Published
10 August 2018
From
CTV
The biology of HIV transmission
HIV transmission filmed live by French scientists

A team of French researchers has succeeded in filming HIV infecting a healthy cell. UNAIDS spoke to Morgane Bomsel, Research Team Director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), about the feat.

Published
29 May 2018
From
UNAIDS
Low and theoretical transmission risks
HIV cannot be transmitted by spitting, and risk from biting is negligible, says detailed case review

There is no risk of transmitting HIV through spitting, and the risk from biting is negligible, according to research published in HIV Medicine. An international team

Published
08 May 2018
By
Michael Carter
The biology of HIV transmission
Zambia, South Africa prevention study finds those with herpes virus facing six times HIV risk

Communities’ HIV prevalence could be predicted “almost exactly” from prevalence of herpes virus, researchers find.

Published
14 April 2018
From
Science Speaks
Women
The Blesser's Curse

How sugar daddies and vaginal microbes created the world’s largest HIV epidemic.

Published
23 March 2018
From
The Atlantic
Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
How HIV Alters Cells May Facilitate Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C

A new study identifies key changes that HIV makes to Langerhans cells in the mucosal lining of the rectum.

Published
22 March 2018
From
Poz
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Age difference in HIV infection matters – but it’s not always the younger person who is at risk

A European study of men who have sex with men (MSM) presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018) shows that age

Published
19 March 2018
By
Gus Cairns
Transgender people
Transgender women in Los Angeles are more likely to be in high HIV incidence clusters than any other group

A phylogenetic study of HIV infections in Los Angeles has found that transgender women (TGW) are more likely than any other risk group to be in a

Published
07 March 2018
By
Gus Cairns
Transgender people
Exploring Factors That Contribute to Increased Risk of HIV Infection in Transgender Women

Although transgender women's increased risk of HIV infection has been attributed to behavioral risk factors, Sandhya Vasan, MD, from the department of Retrovirology at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), in Bangkok, Thailand, shared that other factors may also impact the risk of infection, such as the effects that exogenous hormones have on the immune system and the impact that injectable fillers or sex reassignment surgery (SRS) has on immune reactivation.

Published
06 March 2018
From
Contagion Live
Women
Study finds that women are much more vulnerable to HIV infection during pregnancy and in the months after giving birth

A study presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018) found that women in two prevention studies were nearly three times more likely

Published
05 March 2018
By
Gus Cairns
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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