Top 5 HIV Articles in 2023
This year's top HIV articles include one sharing data from a group of researchers from University of Pittsburgh who looked to see if T cell activation is sufficient to drive SIV disease progression.
- T Cell Activation Seen as Insufficient to Drive HIV Infection
Chronic T cell immune activation and inflammation are key features of HIV-1 infection in humans and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of rhesus macaques, and a group of researchers from University of Pittsburgh looked to see if T cell activation is sufficient to drive SIV disease progression.
Read here - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Study for People Living With HIV Shows Promising Results
Researchers and clinicians have been wary of treating people living with HIV with Keytruda, Opdivo and other immune checkpoint inhibitors because removing an inhibitory step in the immune response was seen as risky for people with compromised immune systems.
Read here - HIV Stays Controlled in These Individuals Even After They Stop Treatment. Understanding Why Could Provide Clues to a ‘Functional Cure'
A team of researchers studied 22 HIV 'post-treatment controllers' — people whose HIV infections are kept in check even after stopping antiretroviral therapy.
Read here - Advancing Options for Gene Editing for HIV-1
CRISPR gene-editing therapy is predicted to cost about $1 million dollars per person which is considerably more expensive than keeping a patient on ART for the rest of their life.
Read here - On Long-Term Treatment, Piggybacking on Hepatitis C Eradication and the ‘Biggest Buzz' in HIV: A Conversation with Angel I. Ribó, PA-C, MPAS
Ribó is the faculty advisor to new POCN Center for HIV Excellence that will provide information and resources to providers who may see relatively few patients with HIV.
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FDA Accepts NDA for Gilead's New HIV Prevention Shot
February 18th 2025Lenacapavir is a twice-yearly injectable medication designed to be used as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The FDA is giving this drug a priority review and expects to make a decision by June 19, 2025, according to a release.
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HIV + Hepatitis Institute Welcomes RFK, Talks Importance of Ending the HIV Epidemic
February 13th 2025The group released a statement today expressing that they are eager to work with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to eradicate HIV when steps into his role as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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