Sex and Gender Differences in Infection and Treatments for Infectious Diseases. Springer Co-Editors: Dr. Sabra Klein and Dr. Craig Roberts Dr. Sabra Klein, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has long been an advocate of not only including more females in […]
Immunization, immunology, infectious disease, Microbiology, Vaccine
A systematic review of the inclusion (or exclusion) of women in HIV research: from clinical studies of antiretrovirals and vaccines to cure strategies. AUTHORS: Curno, Mirjam J; Rossi, Samuela; Hodges-Mameletzis, Ioannis; Johnston, Rowena; Price, Matt A.; Heidari, Shirin Abstract Introduction: The effect of clinical interventions can differ due to sex/gender. Studies have shown that women […]
AIDS, Antiretroviral, HIV, immunology, infectious disease, NIH, Pharmacology, Vaccine
Women are missing in trials of drugs and vaccines for HIV SGWHC applauds the work of Dr. Mirjam Curno, managing editor of the Journal of the International AIDS Society. This review, published in the September 8 issue, was a PubMed search to identify studies of AIDS antiretroviral drugs (ARV), vaccines (VAX), and […]
AIDS, Antiretroviral, HIV, immunology, infectious disease, NIH, Pharmacology, Vaccine
Label-free proteomic analysis of PBMCs reveals gender differences in response to long-term antiretroviral therapy of HIV Various research groups have debated whether or not women experience better outcomes than men when given the first-line therapy drugs currently used to treat HIV-AIDS. Researchers in China studied the proteins in white blood cells in a small number […]
Antiretroviral Therapy, Gender; HIV, immunology, Proteomics
