Microbial Minutes: Vaccine and HIV Cure Edition
What's hot in the microbial sciences? ASM summarizes microbiology news and reports in Microbial Minutes, a weekly news roundup. Watch the YouTube session for summaries and major findings, and read the reports and news coverage for yourself below. What should we highlight next time? Leave a suggestion in our comments section!
Gupta R.K. et al. HIV-1 Remission Following CCR5∆32/∆32 Haematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. Nature. March 5 2019.
Hviid A. et al. Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. March 5 2019.
A Second Patient has been Cured of HIV
Gupta R.K. et al. HIV-1 Remission Following CCR5∆32/∆32 Haematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. Nature. March 5 2019.
- Meet the Microbiologist Podcast: HIV Vaccines with Dan Barouch
- New York Times: An HIV Cure: Answers to 4 Key Questions
- Wired: The Gene Mutation That Could Cure HIV Has a Checkered Past
A Comprehensive, Longitudinal Study Finds No Correlation between Vaccination and Autism
Hviid A. et al. Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. March 5 2019.
- ASM Statement: ASM Applauds Subcommittee Hearing on Measles Outbreaks in the U.S.
- ASM Statement: ASM Commends Committee Hearing on Vaccines and Preventable Outbreaks
- ASM Article: Senate Committee Looks at Boosing Vaccination Rates
- New York Times: One More Time, with Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn't Cause Autism
- Washington Post: Measles Vaccines Doesn't Cause Autism Says Decade-Long Study of Half Million People
- Reuters: Without Vaccine, Hundreds of Children die in Madagascar Measles Outbreak