HIV Content / HIV Content for ٺƵ en Grant to Create Humanized Mice for HIV Studies /blog/grant-create-humanized-mice-hiv-studies <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Creating a new type of ‘humanized mouse’ that can be infected with HIV is the goal of new project at the <a href="https://mbp.mousebiology.org">Mouse Biology Program</a> of the University of California, Davis. The work is funded with a grant of nearly $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> August 12, 2022 - 2:41pm Andy Fell /blog/grant-create-humanized-mice-hiv-studies Pets Help AIDS Survivors Through 2 Pandemics /health/news/pets-help-aids-survivors-through-2-pandemics 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. June 15, 2022 - 9:15am Amy M Quinton /health/news/pets-help-aids-survivors-through-2-pandemics Rectal Microbes Influence Effectiveness of HIV Vaccine /news/rectal-microbes-influence-hiv-vaccine <p>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 <a href="https://msphere.asm.org/content/4/6/e00824-19">mSphere</a>.&nbsp;</p> December 13, 2019 - 11:03am Andy Fell /news/rectal-microbes-influence-hiv-vaccine HIV Vaccine Moves Toward Clinical Trials /news/hiv-vaccine-moves-towards-clinical-trials <p>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.</p> June 15, 2016 - 12:36pm Andy Fell /news/hiv-vaccine-moves-towards-clinical-trials