A research team led by Spanish scientist Amelia Escolano, from the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, has developed a new experimental immunogen, called WIN332, capable of activating a specific immune response against HIV in just a few weeks. The study, published [...]
The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continues to increase dramatically in our country. The most common are gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. As we have previously reported, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 450 million new cases [...]
The antiviral drug Lenacapavir, from the pharmaceutical company Gilead, has managed to prevent 100% of AIDS infections in women with a dose of two injections per year. The PURPOSE 1 study was conducted out only in women because they represent [...]
Hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to prevent and treat acute attacks of malaria in adults and children weighing more than 31 kg, was prescribed to patients hospitalized with Covid-19 during the first wave of the virus. Its use could be related [...]
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, weakening the response to infections or cancers and increasing the risk of cardiovascular problems and other complications. Currently there is no effective cure, although the administration of [...]
The conflict of vaccination mandates that should be accorded to people who refuse to be vaccinated is a topic of bioethical debate. In previous posts, we analyzed the reasons that support vaccination, from the recognition of available scientific evidence and [...]
The numbers of people infected with HIV and undiagnosed, given the limited diffusion of the test, could drastically affect the data on the current HIV/AIDS epidemic The last report says “HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care services are all being [...]
STDs epidemic out of control: “STIs remains an underfunded and comparatively neglected field of public health practice and research” The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently published its annual report (April 13, 2021), entitled “Reported STDs [...]
Characteristics of the HIV self-testing kit: The BioSURE HIV self-testing kit is simple to use and provides an easy-to-read result in 15 minutes, with over 99.7% reliability. It is one of the legal methods available for self-diagnosis of HIV infection [...]
HPV vaccination urgent necessity due to the severe increase of STDs in Western countries. Its efficiency is supported by a recent study. The rate of STDs continues to rise in developed countries. One of these is caused by human papillomavirus [...]
Last month, we published an article entitled, “HIV reservoirs are discovered after antiretroviral therapy. They could be the cause of long term effects in patients”. Now JAMA – Cardiology’s open access article has reported new findings (October 19, 2020, read [...]
Our Observatory has published several articles on the HIV epidemic possible cures. In this sense understanding, HIV dynamics across the human body is important for cure efforts. Antiretroviral therapy studies continue to find new effects. Antiretroviral therapy left reservoirs in [...]
