MEXICO CITY – Merck Sharp & Dohme's MK-8591, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor (NRTTI), impressed in both treatment and prevention studies at the 2019 International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science.
MEXICO CITY – The 2019 International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science kicked off over the weekend with the usual pre-conference workshops, including a workshop by the IAS Towards an HIV Cure initiative.
MEXICO CITY – Ten years after the RV144 "Thai trial" was the first to show that an effective HIV vaccine was possible, three efficacy trials for HIV vaccines are once again underway.
MEXICO CITY – The 2019 International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science kicked off over the weekend with the usual pre-conference workshops, including a workshop by the IAS Towards an HIV Cure initiative.
Anorexia nervosa, Cynthia Bulik told BioWorld, has a long-term recovery rate of 25% and “the highest fatality rate of any psychiatric illness.” Those dismal statistics hint at the challenging nature of anorexia nervosa, but also at the shortcomings of current treatment options.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a machine learning program that could score the risk of pancreatic cysts and recommend one of three treatment strategies – surgery, watchful waiting or discharge without follow-up – more accurately than current methods. The program could potentially reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries performed on pancreatic cysts with little to no potential of turning cancerous.
A team at Dartmouth University has shown that in fruit flies, stressful experiences could lead to epigenetic changes that led to a preference for ethanol-rich foods for several generation of offspring.
