[HTML][HTML] Chronic pain and infection: mechanisms, causes, conditions, treatments, and controversies

SP Cohen, EJ Wang, TL Doshi, L Vase, KA Cawcutt… - BMJ …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Throughout human history, infection has been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality,
with pain being one of the cardinal warning signs. However, in a substantial percentage of …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer: slaying the nine-headed Hydra

JJ Adashek, V Subbiah, CB Westphalen, A Naing… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern medicine continues to evolve, and the treatment armamentarium for various
diseases grows more individualized across a breadth of medical disciplines. Cure rates for …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotection for age-related macular degeneration

JB Lin, Y Murakami, JW Miller, DG Vavvas - Ophthalmology Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Early
to intermediate AMD is characterized by the accumulation of lipid-and protein-rich drusen …

COVID-19 vaccines for HIV-infected patients

MM Plummer, CS Pavia - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nearly 40 years have passed since the initial cases of infection with the human
mmunodeficiency virus (HIV) were identified as a new disease entity and the cause of …

CRISPR‐Based Programmable Nucleic Acid‐Binding Protein Technology Can Specifically Detect Fatal Tropical Disease‐Causing Pathogens

MR Rahman, TR Majumder, MAI Apu… - Journal of Tropical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnostic approaches capable of ultrasensitive pathogen detection from low‐volume
clinical samples, running without any sophisticated instrument and laboratory setup, are …

CCL5-Secreting Virtual Memory CD8+ T Cells Inversely Associate With Viral Reservoir Size in HIV‐1− Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy

W Hu, YJ Li, C Zhen, YY Wang, HH Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies highlighted that CD8+ T cells are necessary for restraining reservoir in HIV-1-
infected individuals who undergo antiretroviral therapy (ART), whereas the underlying …

Hepatitis B core-related antigen serum levels may be a predictor of acute flare of chronic hepatitis B among pregnant women in the immune-tolerant phase of chronic …

R Liu, L Yang, T Jiang, Y Lu, L Zhang, G Shen, S Wu… - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Studies have shown acute flares of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) might be related
to immunologic changes that occur during pregnancy. However, the indicators for predicting …

Development of a prototype for a bilingual patient-reported outcome measure of the important health aspects of quality of life in people living with HIV: the Preference …

KKV Mate, B Lebouché, MJ Brouillette… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The aim of this project was to develop a short, HIV-specific, health-related
quality of life measure with a scoring system based on patient preferences for the different …

SARS-CoV-2 portrayed against HIV: contrary viral strategies in similar disguise

R Duerr, KM Crosse, AM Valero-Jimenez, M Dittmann - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 and HIV are zoonotic viruses that rapidly reached pandemic scale, causing
global losses and fear. The COVID-19 and AIDS pandemics ignited massive efforts …

Management of HIV in the older adults: Clinical and public health challenge

MM Zdanowicz, B Valdes, D Salani - Public Health Nursing, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a result of significant advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), the number of people
living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) who are alive well into their senior years …