JAMA and the JAMA Network today announces the selection of 13 early-career clinical and health services researchers for the 2025–2026 JAMA Network Peer Review Academy, a virtual program designed to cultivate excellence in peer reviewing and deepen understanding of editorial decision-making.

Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 selects its integration targets in the human genome. A research team led by DZIF scientist Dr. Marina Lusic identified RNA:DNA hybrids (R-loops) as molecular signposts for the virus. These findings reveal a key vulnerability in the life cycle of HIV-1. The results, published in the renowned journal Nature Microbiology, provide new therapeutic approaches for specifically controlling HIV reservoirs in the body. This has been one of the biggest obstacles to long-term or curative HIV therapies.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Boston University a prestigious $4.5 million BIRCWH grant to further women’s health research and spur career growth for young investigators.