Curing HIV will be harder than curing cancer. But new research is promising.HIV is "like a time bomb," said James Riley, a ...

Pseudoscience has recently re-emerged in the U.S. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: ...

HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, but a full cure remains elusive. Now, scientists have found ...

HIV gradually weakens the body’s immune system by infecting and destroying white blood cells called T-cells. If left untreated, HIV causes AIDS – a life-threatening syndrome resulting from the ...

HIV-1, like other viruses, lacks the machinery to produce its own proteins and must rely on the host cell to translate its genetic instructions. After entering host cells, it seizes control of the ...

But antiretroviral therapy doesn't cure HIV, so the virus's DNA was ever-present in his immune cells in his blood - that is, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) An HIV vaccine candidate has been developed that effectively guides immune cells to evolve into broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). In mouse studies, the ...

After HIV intercepts the immune system's DNA, it targets CD4 cells. White blood cells called CD4 cells, sometimes referred to as T-helper cells or T cells, are essential for immunological activity.

Kitchen is currently researching a new type of stem cell therapy as a cure for HIV. It uses modified blood stem cells to kill HIV-infected cells once they mature in the body. "In essence ...

2024 — An experimental drug originally developed to treat cancer may help clear HIV from infected cells in the brain, according to a new study. By targeting infected cells in the brain ...