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From The Labs

Student-mentor pair receives prestigious HHMI Gilliam Fellowship

August 6, 2024 COVID,  HHMI Gillian Fellowship,  HIV,  placenta,  preeclampsia,  Research,  Women's Health,  zika

The HHMI Gilliam fellows are recognized for their outstanding research and commitment to advancing equity and inclusion in science.

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Policywise

Infant feeding for parents with HIV: a decision at the intersection of reproductive justice, ethics and medicine

January 13, 2023 Breastfeeding,  Breastmilk,  Chestfeeding,  Formula,  HIV,  Infant feeding,  Parent

Parenting is hard. Making any parenting decision is especially hard in our current world with opinions from every side: family, friends, medical providers, even opinions

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Injectable PrEP, a new tool in sexual health toolbox

May 9, 2022 HIV,  PrEP,  sexual health

Dr. Shital Patel talks about an injectable option for PrEP, the pre-exposure prophylaxis against contracting HIV.

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Policywise

Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic

June 28, 2021 AIDS,  Education,  HIV,  Houston,  South

A deeper dive into how the Houston AIDS Education and Training Center is building a community to treat and prevent HIV.

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From The Labs

Glutathione precursor GlyNAC reverses premature aging in people with HIV

October 15, 2020 Aging,  glutathione,  GlyNAC,  HIV,  Research

Twenty years of research support the role of antioxidant glutathione in reversing premature aging in people with HIV.

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From The Labs

Nutritional deficiencies, HIV and DTG brew a ‘perfect storm.’ The good news? There is a simple solution.

August 6, 2019 AIDS,  doluteglavir,  folate,  folic acid,  HIV,  neural tube defects,  Research

A preferred medication for treating HIV infection has been recently linked to a 6- to 9-fold increase in the risk for neural tube defects among

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Policywise

Do new well-intentioned guidelines advance the stigma of HIV?

March 22, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  HIV,  Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield,  PrEP,  Sophia Fantus,  Stigma

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly known as PrEP, is a daily pill that HIV-negative individuals may take to lower their chances of acquiring HIV. If taken as

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From The Labs

The genetic diversity in Africa is greater than in any other region in the world

July 19, 2018 Batswana,  genetic diversity in Africa,  HIV,  Research

Looking at a subset of HIV-positive children from Botswana, an international team of researchers, co-led by scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, characterized the genetic

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From The Labs

Uncovering the secrets of the sooty mangabey’s resistance to SIV

February 22, 2018 AIDS,  AIDS resistance,  Genome Sequencing,  HIV,  SIV,  sooty mangabey

Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection in macaques behaves in a similar way as infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in humans, progressing into acquired immunodeficiency

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Policywise

When breastfeeding isn’t best

April 28, 2017 AIDS,  Baby,  Breastfeeding,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Cultural Norms,  Dr. Janet Malek,  ethics,  HIV,  medical ethics,  Values

The joy of a new baby brings new challenges, not the least of which is breastfeeding. These challenges are compounded when the mother is also

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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