College of Medicine
Andrews Lab
Led by Allison M Andrews · Pathology
What we study
The Andrews Lab studies how synthetic fentanyls affect the blood-brain barrier and HIV replication in the brain. They use innovative imaging techniques to visualize HIV reservoirs in the brain during substance abuse.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Synthetic fentanyls, the blood-brain barrier and HIV replication in the brain
How synthetic opioids damage the brain's protective barrier and affect HIV in the brain.
In-situ imaging of HIV reservoirs in the brain
New imaging methods to see where HIV hides in brain tissue in people who use substances.
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Recent papers, explained
- Human Brain Organoid Models for NeuroHIV and Anti-HIV Research
2026 · Viruses
Develops brain organoids from stem cells to study HIV in the brain.
- Polarized release of brain microvascular endothelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles supports leukocyte transendothelial migration in vitro
2026 · Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Showed brain microvascular endothelial cell EVs help leukocytes cross blood vessels.
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- Cannabis use is associated with a lower likelihood of presence of HIV drug resistance mutations in a retrospective cohort of adults with HIV
2025 · NeuroImmune Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Finds cannabis use may lower HIV drug resistance in some people.
- In pursuit of an HIV cure: from stem cell transplants to gene therapies
2025 · Frontiers in Genome Editing
Tests stem cell transplants to cure HIV, but they can't be widely used.
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