Notable News
- CFAR Uganda Travel and Research Award
The CFAR at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center will provide funding for travel to Uganda to establish collaborations between CWRU faculty and Ugandan investigators. Application deadline Dec. 15th, 2015
- CWRU researcher receives 3.9 million dollar grant for innovative HIV research
Alan Levine awarded grant to determine if the combination of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and drug abuse is a double kick in the gut.
- CWRU researchers find reasons to treat gum disease early to prevent awakening HIV in dormant
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They discovered that byproducts of bacteria in gum disease, called metabolic small chain fatty acid (SCFA), can work together to wake up HIV in dormant T-cells and cause the virus to replicate.
- Pioneering HIV researcher, Dr. Rafick Sékaly to join Case Western Reserve University Department
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Dr. Sékaly helped pioneer techniques to identify T cell memory subsets, will assume the position of Co-Director of the CFAR Proteomics and Systems Biology Core.
- Discovery in HIV may solve efficiency problems for gene therapy
A research team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could make gene therapy dramatically more effective for patients.
- CWRU researcher Jonathan Karn, PhD seeks way to find HIV when it is hiding.
The research of Jonathan Karn, professor and chairman of molecular biology and microbiology, is one of four recipients of a $250,000 grant awarded earlier this year by amfAR. The national advocacy group raises money for HIV/AIDS research, education, prevention and treatment programs. Karn is heading up research on HIV latency.
Publications
- Research by Ghosh, et al., reveals that in patients with chronic HIV infection on HAART, epigenetic changes in key genes result in increased vulnerability to microbial infection in the oral cavity.
- Ratcliff, et al., develop structural models on K425 gp120 which suggest that this resistant mutation impacts CD4 interactions and highlights a novel pathway for maraviroc resistance.
- Positive outcomes on sleep intervention with SystemCHANGE-HIV for adults living with HIV/AIDS have been demonstrated by Webel, et al.
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