Hacker News with Generative AI: HIV

Twice-Yearly HIV Shot Shows 100% Effectiveness in Women (apnews.com)
It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus.

HIV, Medical Research, Health, Vaccines

249 points by bear_with_me 46 days ago | 146 comments

Viral trapdoor: Scientists discover how a protein protects against HIV, herpes (medicalxpress.com)
A group of researchers discovered how a protein linked to the human immune system wards off HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus-1 by assembling structures in the cell that lure in these viruses and then trap them or even take them apart.

HIV, Herpes, Immunology, Viral Research, Science

6 points by PaulHoule 81 days ago | 1 comments

Gilead agrees to license twice-yearly HIV drug for poor countries (statnews.com)
In response to increased criticism of its pricing, Gilead Sciences has reached voluntary licensing deals with companies to make generic versions of its twice-yearly HIV medicine, lenacapavir, in 120 mostly low- and lower-middle-income countries.

HIV, Pharmaceuticals, Licensing, Healthcare, Global Health

14 points by divbzero 107 days ago | 0 comments

Gilead's twiceyearly shot cut HIV infections by 96% in trial (cnbc.com)

HIV, Medicine, Health, Clinical Trials

4 points by jackallis 128 days ago | 0 comments

HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient (theguardian.com)

HIV, Healthcare, Cost, Medicine, Drugs

66 points by nithinj 161 days ago | 88 comments

Engineered Virus Steals Proteins from HIV, Pointing to New Therapy (nytimes.com)

Viruses, HIV, Medical Research, Therapeutics

3 points by aussieguy1234 162 days ago | 2 comments

Prevention of HIV (science.org)