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HIVR4P 2014: Positive Response to Gift Tokens for Undetectable Viral Load Trial

A U.S. study presented at last month’s HIV Research for Prevention conference found generally positive responses among people with HIV and clinic staff to a trial that used $70 gift tokens as an incentive for people to maintain an undetectable viral load. However, the study found that only just under half of patients had an accurate understanding of what viral load was, and that this did not improve during the study.

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HIVR4P 2014: Vaginal Rings Show Promise for HIV Prevention

A silicone intravaginal ring that releases the antiretroviral drugs dapivirine and darunavir was shown to reach levels expected to be effective in vaginal and cervical fluid and tissues in monkeys, researchers reported at the HIV Research for Prevention meeting last week in Cape Town. A related study found that a single ring can potentially serve multiple purposes, preventing HIV, genital herpes, HPV, and pregnancy.

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HIVR4P 2014: The Immunity Project -- An Open-Access T-Cell Vaccine for HIV Infection

Microparticles containing conserved HIV epitopes may be able to prime antigen-presenting dendritic cells, which in turn activate antigen-specific CD8 killer T-cells, offering a potential new approach for developing T-cell-based preventive or therapeutic HIV vaccines, researchers with the open-access Immunity Project reported at the HIV Research for Prevention (HIV R4P) conference last week in Cape Town.

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Coverage of HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P 2014)

HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P 2014), October 28-31, in Cape Town.

This conference -- combining the previous HIV Vaccines and Microbicides meetings -- includes all aspects of HIV prevention including experimental vaccines, microbicide gels and rings, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Full listing of coverage by topic

HIVR4P 2014 website

11/4/14