HIV & AIDS
July 10, 2020
Researchers make first steps toward a cure for HIV
Researchers have developed a way to pull HIV out of the latent reservoir making the virus visible to the immune system and providing the potential to be killed by treatment.
July 10, 2020
HIV pre-exposure drug regimen tested at Emory highly effective in preventing infection, study says
A new drug regimen requiring injections every eight weeks has shown to be more effective in preventing HIV infection than one in which a pill must be taken daily
July 1, 2020
New Study Shows How Tests of Hearing Can Reveal HIV’s Effects on the Brain
Even with effective anti-retroviral therapy, patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) sustain central nervous system damage
May 13, 2020
Yale researchers discover how HIV hides from treatment
researchers have discovered a molecular explanation for how the HIV virus accomplishes this insidious trick
May 12, 2020
HIV genome bends over backwards to help virus take over cells
Differently shaped RNA molecules allow HIV to express different genes from the same RNA sequence.
May 11, 2020
New HIV vaccine strategy strengthens, lengthens immunity in primates
Most vaccines direct the adaptive immune system to fight off infections with one arm tied behind its back. A new study in monkeys untied the other arm.
May 6, 2020
Scientists uncover secret behind molecule that blocks HIV infection
Rhesus macaques don’t monkey around when it comes to HIV; they have a protein that effectively disables invading HIV particles.