Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to be a global health challenge, with over 38 million people infected by the end of 2022. HIV-1, the predominant strain, primarily targets and depletes CD4+ T cells, leading to immunodeficiency and subsequent vulnerability to opportunistic infections. Despite the progress made in antiretroviral therapy (ART), drug resistance and treatment-related toxicity necessitate novel therapeutic strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe synthesis of bioinspired metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) performed in mild conditions with a high quality is greatly demanded. Moreover, the influence of the morphology and structure of bio-MOFs on the cell interaction and toxicity is important to determine. In this work, we developed an ultrasound (US)-assisted synthesis of HKUST-1 MOFs under mild conditions and investigated the influence of the parameters of synthesis on the morphology, structure, and biological properties of the developed MOFs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccording to the latest data released by UNAIDS, the global number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2021 was 38.4 million, with 1.5 million new HIV infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The aim of the work is to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B virus drug resistance mutations and immune escape mutations in pregnant women in the Republic of Guinea.
Materials And Methods: Blood plasma samples obtained from 480 pregnant women from different regions of the Republic of Guinea with laboratory-confirmed viral hepatitis B were studied. Nucleotide sequences for genotype identification and mutation detection were obtained using nested-PCR followed by Sanger sequencing, based on overlapping pairs of primers spanning the complete genome of the virus.