HIV Content

Grant to Create Humanized Mice for HIV Studies

Andy Fell — August 12, 2022 - 2:41pm

Creating a new type of ‘humanized mouse’ that can be infected with HIV is the goal of new project at the Mouse Biology Program of the University of California, Davis. The work is funded with a grant of nearly $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health.

Pets Help AIDS Survivors Through 2 Pandemics

Amy M Quinton — June 15, 2022 - 9:15am

Survey showed pets helped long-term HIV/AIDS survivors through both the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics. Older men, especially those with dogs, felt less alone and isolated compared with cat owners.

Rectal Microbes Influence Effectiveness of HIV Vaccine

Andy Fell — December 13, 2019 - 11:03am

Microbes living in the rectum could make a difference to the effectiveness of experimental HIV vaccines, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work is published Dec. 11 in the journal mSphere.

HIV Vaccine Moves Toward Clinical Trials

Andy Fell — June 15, 2016 - 12:36pm

A vaccine for HIV developed by Oregon Health Sciences University in collaboration with the California National Primate Research Center is now moving towards clinical trials. The vaccine uses another virus, cytomegalovirus or CMV, as a “backbone” to carry small pieces of HIV into the body and arm the immune system.