In this episode Matt and Kevin discuss the way that the immune system changes over the course of the menstrual cycle, and the implications this has for susceptibility to HIV infection.
Also, this is one of the more ranty episodes we’ve had in a while, prepare yourself!
Links
The paper - Proinflammatory oscillations over the menstrual cycle drives bystander CD4 T cell recruitment and SHIV susceptibility from vaginal challenge
Previous episode on the immune system during pregnancy - episode 19
Journal involving the new director of the NIH about funding... “reforms”
