George Hightower, HNRP Affiliated Researcher, Featured in NIH Findings Magazine

George Hightower, a UCSD MD/PhD student with an infectious disease concentration, was recently interviewed for the NIH's Findings Magazine.  His research focuses on the genetic attributes of HIV, especially as related to the brain and cognition.

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Several Hightower HNRP Publications:

Hightower GK, Letendre SL, Cherner M, Gibson SA, Ellis RJ, Wolfson TJ, Gamst AC, Ignacio CC, Heaton RK, Grant I, Richman DD, Smith DM, and the HNRC Group.  (2009). Select resistance-associated mutations in blood are associated with lower CSF viral loads and better neuropsychological performance. Virology, 394 (2), 243-248. PMID: 19762060  PMCID: 3046809 

Butler DM, Smith DM, Cachay ER, Hightower GK, Nugent CT, Richman DD, Little SJ.  (2008). Herpes simplex virus 2 serostatus and viral loads of HIV-1 in blood and semen as risk factors for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men. AIDS, 22(13), 1667-1671. PMID: 18670228  PMCID: 2653089

Smith DM, Wong JK, Shao H, Hightower GK, Mai SH, Moreno JM, Ignacio CC, Frost SD, Richman DD, Little SJ.  (2007). Long term persistence of transmitted HIV drug resistance in male genital tract secretions: implications for secondary transmission. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 196(3), 356-360.