Preventative HIV Vaccine
Express Lane
A Vaccine Candidate Seeks to Prevent—Not Just Control—HIV Infection
by Chael Needle
Preventative HIV vaccine research has taken another step.
The candidate, a granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor...
AGS-004 Immunotherapy
Treatment Horizons by Chael Needle
Fully Personalized
An immunotherapy candidate stimulates T-cell responses via patient-specific antigens
Previous studies have established immunotherapy candidate AGS-004, both as a single...
SMYD2 & the HIV Reservoir
Shock Value
Research on SMYD2 shows potential to wake up the HIV reservoir
by Chael Needle
HIV latency—where HIV hides out in reservoirs, dormant and beyond the...
Bathroom Reading
A newly approved anti-diarrheal agent seeks to counter side effects of HAART
by Chael Needle
Recently, the FDA approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer) 125 mg delayed-release tablets for...
Verve for VERxVE
An extended release formulation breaks through
by Chael Needle
Based on results from the VERxVE study, the FDA recently approved Viramune XR for use in antiretroviral...
The Early Days
LifeGuide
Dr. C. Everett Koop Revisits a Time When Neither Treatment nor Testing Existed
by Chael Needle
Knowing he had to face the micromanaging tendencies and...
Introducing Dolutegravir
Treatment Horizons by Chael Needle
Surpassing Expectations
ViiV Healthcare introduces its first FDA-approved agent
ViiV Healthcare is exclusively devoted to the treatment of HIV disease, and the...
TAG’s Pipeline Report
Pipeline Report
Treatment Action Group provides updates on treatments for HIV, HCV & TB
by Hank Trout
Treatment Action Group (TAG) has announced the release of the...
FDA Approves New HIV Treatments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pharmaceutical giant Merck’s Delstrigo and Pifeltro for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adult patients...
Host Restrictive Factors
The Deeper End of the Ocean
Host restrictive factors create research excitement
by Mariel Selbovitz, MPH, and David Miller
The doors on viral host restrictive factors (HRFs),...
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Maid Service: Review
Maid Service
by John Whittier Treat
JMS Books
Reviewed by Chael Needle
In the mid-eighties, 1985 or 1986, but perhaps slightly earlier, my brother Doug’s friend Glenn traveled...
