2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 1, 2016
Targeting BCL2 with Venetoclax in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia BCL2 is an anti-apoptotic protein that allows chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells ...
Tag: HIV
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 14, 2015
Mass Drug Administration for Scabies Control in a Population with Endemic Disease Scabies is an underrecognized and common disease ...
On-demand preexposure prophylaxis decreases HIV infection in high-risk men
1. HIV-1 acquisition rates were significantly lower in men who used tenofovir-disoprovil fumarate (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC) preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 30, 2015
Home Use of an Artificial Beta Cell in Type 1 Diabetes While intensive insulin therapy is the standard of care ...
Lopinavir-ritonavir prophylaxis not superior to lamivudine in preventing HIV in breastfeeding infants [ANRS 12174 trial]
1. This randomized controlled trial showed that prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir was not superior to lamivudine in preventing HIV infections through breastfeeding ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind September 7 – September 14, 2015
Targeting Mutant BRAF in Relapsed or Refractory Hairy-Cell Leukemia BRAF V600E has been identified as the genetic lesion responsible for ...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effective in preventing HIV infection in high-risk gay men
1. In this randomized open-label trial, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with once daily tenofovir-emtricitabine was found effective in preventing HIV-1 infection ...
Government-funded initiatives provide important supports to low-income HIV patients
1. Almost 75% of HIV-infected adults in the USA received medical and support services from a Ryan-White HIV/AIDS funded facility. ...
Early superior to deferred treatment of asymptomatic HIV-positive, high-CD4 adults
1. Asymptomatic, HIV-positive adults with CD4 cell counts above 500 who were initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately had significantly ...
HIV infection associated with increased cancer-specific mortality
1. In a retrospective review of a large cancer database of over 1.8 million patients, HIV infection was associated with ...
