Researcher continues progress toward effective HIV inhibitor stat : medicalxpress

Stabilization and Sustained Release of HIV Inhibitors by Encapsulation in Silk Fibroin Disks, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2017). "Our primary interest was working on making better and better HIV inhibitors," LiWang said. It was 2011 and the UC Merced professor's research group had figured out how to make some of the most potent HIV inhibitors even more powerful. With many effective options already on the market, new HIV inhibitors aren't always big news. Multi-well plate containing silk fibroin disks used to deliver HIV inhibitors.




HIV IS IN TWO TYPES OF BLOOD CELLS Scientists have confirmed HIV can survive in another less-explored type of white blood cell. Scientists are developing a nasal spray to combat HIV after discovering how the virus spreads through the brain. HIV treatments have advanced to the extent that a daily regimen of pills can make the virus undetectable and untransmittable. They are developing a nasal spray that they hope will lead to a more effective treatment. No study has ever shown HIV transmission from someone with an undetectable viral load.

Text messaging effective support in treatment of HIV and tuberculosis -- ScienceDaily

Mobile phone text messaging is a powerful tool for improving quality of care, as shown by José António Nhavoto in his doctoral thesis in informatics at Örebro University. The patients had four different types of text messages linked to their treatments. "The technology used is cheap and easy to scale up. "The fourth message category focused on information, for example on how to avoid having others catching the disease and the possibility to test for HIV for free," says José António Nhavoto. "Patients who received text messages felt that their doctor cared and the method proved to be significant in getting people to show up for their appointments," says José António Nhavoto.


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