An immune response that likely evolved to help fight infections appears to be the mechanism that drives human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a latent state, lurking in cells only to erupt anew, ...

HIV-seq identifies key differences in HIV-infected cells before and after starting antiretroviral therapy to support treatment research.

HIV have complex weapons of attack while the invaded T cells have intricate defence mechanisms that are still far from being completely understood. Three papers in November, Nature Medicine show new ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals how HIV integrates its genetic material into human DNA, exposing a key viral vulnerability that could lead to new therapies and bring the world closer to a ...

For all that is known about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), some remarkably fundamental questions remain. One of the most notable, perhaps, is just how HIV manages to infect its primary target, ...

The 5th International Workshop on HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies was held in Scottsdale, Arizona, June 4-8, 2001. Two hundred and fifty delegates gathered in the Sonoran Desert to listen ...

French scientists on Tuesday unveiled the genetic mechanism by which they believe two men were spontaneously cured of HIV, and said the discovery may offer a new strategy in the fight against AIDS. In ...

Investigators who previously found that a daily statin pill helps prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV have now discovered a potential mechanism that may help to stabilize plaques and ...

Antiretroviral therapy has decreased the risk of lymphoma in the HIV-positive patient population, yet the incidence is still approximately 70-times greater than the incidence in the noninfected ...