There has been a plethora of newly discovered HIV neutralizing antibodies (NaB) made over the past 5 years. One such NaB is known as VRC01 and recognizes the CD4 binding site on HIV-1.
December 2015
Herd Immunity: immunology meets public health
The impact of immunity to a pathogen at the person level is important for influencing host health as well as how pathogens evolve. The impact of immunity
Associations between infant chubbiness and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Dengue fever is caused by the dengue virus, which is principally transmitted by the mosquito A. aegypti. It represents the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral illness in humans, where over 50%
Do we need to re-think vaccine strategies to elicit anti-HIV antibodies?
A vaccine that can elicit neutralizing antibodies to HIV, and thus lead to protection from infection, is the holy grail of..
SIV infection of Tfh Cells in monkeys
There are multiple subsets of CD4+ T cells: Th1, Th2, Th9, Th17, Th22 to name a few, which are defined by the cytokines they liberate that direct specific immune responses
Can wearing silver damage your health?
Many consumer products made of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) could increase susceptibility to infectious pathogens. Systemic uptake of AgNP by macrophages can lead to alterations in their
Immune and viral events leading up to acute Infectious Mononucleosis
Dec 4th, 2015
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human herpesvirus that causes acute infectious mononucleosis and is associated.....
World AIDS Day Message
The 1st December 2015 is World AIDS day and another year of progress towards ending the epidemic. There are now 15 million people on life-saving antiretroviral drug treatments