All Posts: AIDS

• Georgetown International Health Professor to Serve as UNAIDS Special Advisor to Executive Director

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: AIDS, HIV, O'Neill Institute, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Immune-Compromised People with HIV, APOE4 Gene May Have a Compounded Risk for Alzheimer’s

  WASHINGTON (February 22, 2021) — People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who have a history of severe immunosuppression and at least one copy of the Alzheimer’s disease-related gene variant APOE4 might see a compounded adverse effect on the circuitry that impacts memory. This could eventually lead to an increased risk for dementia after […]

  Category: News Release Tags: aging and HIV, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, APOE4, brain, dementia, HIV, neuroimaging, neuroscience