four years after the WHO set up its office in Beijing. Its first phase (1985–1988) involved imported cases in coastal cities: mostly foreigners and overseas Chinese [10]. In the earlier period of the pandemic, HIV/AIDS in China was largely constructed or demonized as a ‘Western disease...
The synergy between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis during co-infection of a host is well known. While this synergy is known to be driven by immunological deterioration, the metabolic mechanisms that contribute to the associated disease burden experienced during HIV...
More than 50% of AA cases are also idiopathic in nature [55]. Despite this, chemotherapy (chemo), ionizing radiation, and viral infections also contribute to this disease [57]. Accordingly, the most common infectious agents include viral hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [58], ...
Research ethics education is critical to developing a culture of responsible conduct of research. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have a high burden of infectious diseases like HIV and malaria; some, like Uganda, have recurring outbreaks. Coupled with the increase in non-communicable di...
An especially aggressive form of the HIV virus that can develop into AIDS within 3 years rather than the usual 5 to 10 years , has been found in Cuba. The fear is that the disease could progress so quickly that treatment with drugs may not be effective....
Using hepatitis B virus, HIV, and SARS-CoV-2 LFA as examples, Gong et al. [137] presented an upconversion nanoparticle-based LFA platform and demonstrated the universality of this miniaturized and portable platform by sensitively and quantitatively detecting several targets, such as hepatitis B ...
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines are one of the blockbuster vaccine success stories of modern times: since identification of the virus in the 1960s, it took less than 20 years for a subunit vaccine to get to market. However, this was in the form of 22 nm subviral particles purified from...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected patients have higher standardized incidence rates for psoriasis as compared to the general population [76]. HIV can directly trigger psoriasis as a source of superantigens or as a costimulatory factor in antigen presentation [34], and more IFN-γ is pro...
Cdk5 is a proline-directed serine/threonine protein kinase that governs a variety of cellular processes in neurons, the dysregulation of which compromises normal brain function. The mechanisms underlying the modulation of Cdk5, its modes of action, and i
(now Weill Cornell Medical College) and Rockefeller University was the best. Rockefeller and Weill Cornell are located next to one another on the Upper East Side of New York City where they form a large life sciences complex. Today, the program is known as the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD ...