Over the last 40 years, HIV has shifted from a deadly and mysterious virus to one that can be controlled with daily drugs. But attempts to completely eliminate the virus from the bodies of people living with HIV, curing them for good, have failed.
Using an antibody to block HIV from infecting cells may be an effective and more convenient way to prevent acquisition of HIV, suggests a preliminary study by a multi-institution team of researchers led by investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).
Severe COVID-19 involves a distinctive reprogramming of gene activity in infected patients‘ immune cells, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Physicians and scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian have rapidly mobilized to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing a broad spectrum of expertise on the critical issues the disease is posing to healthcare workers and public health officials.
