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‘HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2025’ - Harnessing T Cells in the Fight Against HIV: Insights from the AELIX-003 Trial
This study explored whether combining therapeutic HIV vaccines with an immune-stimulating agent could help extend the time off antiretroviral therapy in people who began antiretroviral treatment early after acquisition of HIV.
Was there really an Eocene hothouse?
A new way to estimate palaeoclimate using evolutionary trees points to persistent greenhouse conditions Eocene North America – and lower climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide.
Personalized Microbiome-Based Therapies
Microbiome-based therapies are based on gut composition, which is now recognized as a key regulator of metabolism and inflammation in the host. A personalized approach can more effectively address individual variations and optimize treatment outcomes for metabolic syndrome.
Virtual Sexual behavior and Its Cerebral and Microbiological Impacts on the Vaginal Microbiome
In a digital age where technology as virtual intimacy rises through VR sex and teledildonics, its impact on pleasure is clear—but what about vaginal health? Even without physical contact, digital sex may influence hormones, stress, and habits that subtly reshape the vaginal microbiome.
