Michael

Part of research for a functional cure is looking into ways to either reactivate all of those sleeping cells so ARVs can do their work (this is called “kick and kill”). Another strategy is to stop these cells from reactivating, called “lock and block”. These strategies would…

Two different tests look for two different things. A VL is a direct test, looking for HIV. The rapid test is an antibody test, looking for your body’s reaction to HIV infection. When you get chicken pox, your body makes chicken pox antibodies. That’s why you can be around…

European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved lenacapavir under the brand name Yeytuo. Under the EU-M4all procedure, it is also authorized for use outside the EU. This is a speed-up of their usual process, as approval was expected in September. It will interesting to see how…

Where it says “Test Result: <40 copies” A VL test has an upper and lower limit of quatification. That means the result can be a number greater than 40. It doesn’t say, but the upper limit is around 10 million. So >10,000,000, the result will be unquantifiable. Below 40 means…

All babies born to HIV-negative mother's are free of HIV. The father's HIV can't skip over the mother and infect the children. Thanks to U=U and PrEP, Gene editing is unnecessary. To prove that the editing of their genes makes them resistant to HIV, you'd have to expose them to…

Sand, being the Japanese word for 🍑

Hey @grok According to your analysis from the last 365 days, name 20 accounts in sequence who frequently like, quote, repost, or bookmark my posts. Don't mention the person, just @.username and the rate of number of times they interact in these ways.

Monday, July 21 is Zero HIV Stigma Day!

Her parents raised her in California. Her parents made a billion dollars selling burgers in California. It's not easy when the most difficult thing you had to do was inherit a billion dollars