{"id":13948,"date":"2026-02-26T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=13948"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:39:51","slug":"success-of-georgian-scientists-in-the-usa-hiv-research-results-presented-at-croi-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/success-of-georgian-scientists-in-the-usa-hiv-research-results-presented-at-croi-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Success of Georgian Scientists in the USA: HIV Research Results Presented at CROI 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">From February 22 to 25 of this year, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (<b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"98\">CROI 2026<\/b>) was held in Denver, USA. This event is widely considered the year&#8217;s premier forum in the field of HIV\/AIDS research.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Georgian researchers, who are part of the large-scale project <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"62\">&#8220;HIV Threat Assessment in the Republic of Georgia&#8221;<\/b>\u2014supported by the <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"130\">U.S. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)<\/b>\u2014presented their findings at the conference.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The following leading specialists from the Center were invited to participate:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"6\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Akaki Abutidze<\/b> (Principal Investigator);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Otar Chokoshvili<\/b> (Researcher);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Natia Dvali<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"16\">Marika Karchava<\/b> (Virologists\/Researchers);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Revaz Mechurchlishvili<\/b> (Research Coordinator).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The data obtained through this study is of significant practical value for improving the effectiveness of treatment for patients living with HIV\/AIDS. The project&#8217;s results are highly relevant both for Georgia and the broader regional context, garnering significant interest from international scientific circles.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">International partnerships of this caliber facilitate the exchange of expertise and the implementation of modern standards in disease management.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1BpfCQZNFZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From February 22 to 25 of this year, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) was held in Denver, USA. This event is widely considered the year&#8217;s premier forum in the field of HIV\/AIDS research. Georgian researchers, who are part of the large-scale project &#8220;HIV Threat Assessment in the Republic of Georgia&#8221;\u2014supported by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594,1587,1657],"tags":[4550],"class_list":["post-13948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-research","category-science","tag-georgian-scientists"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13953,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948\/revisions\/13953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}