Codiak BioSciences, a company at the forefront of advancing engineered exosomes as a new class of biologic medicines, today announced that it has entered into two strategic collaborations with the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard to investigate the ...
Read More »Shedding light on the role of extracellular vesicles in HIV infection and wound healing
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play an important role in intercellular communication. They are naturally released from cells into the extracellular environment. Based on their biogenesis, release pathways, size, content, and function, EVs are classified into exosomes, microvesicles (MVs), and apoptotic bodies ...
Read More »HIV-associated exosomes promote infection of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the causal agent for Kaposi sarcoma (KS), the most common malignancy in people living with HIV/AIDS..
Read More »New research highlights why HIV-infected patients suffer higher rates of cancer
AIDS patients suffer higher rates of cancer because they have fewer T-cells in their bodies to fight disease. But new research examines why HIV-infected patients have higher rates of cancer—among the leading causes of death...
Read More »Exosomes could help track HIV disease progression
There are many confounding factors related to HIV, including how the virus is able to remain dormant and reactivate in the absence of antiretroviral drugs. Once these aspects of the virus are mapped out, researchers stand a better chance of ...
Read More »Viral co-infection complicates the use of exosome miRNAs as biomarkers of disease
Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiological agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). Both KSHV and HIV infections are endemic in Uganda...
Read More »Research Scholar Position Available
Requisition Number 17-0061 Post Date 6/9/2017 Title Research Scholar Employment Type Full Time City San Francisco Description A postdoctoral position is available IMMEDIATELY via NCIRE-The Veterans Health Research Institute, working for Dr. Lynn Pulliam, Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the ...
Read More »Biogenesis and Functions of Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles
Research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) is a new and emerging field that is rapidly growing. Many features of these structures still need to be described and discovered. This concerns their biogenesis, their release and cellular entrance mechanisms, as well as ...
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