Advancements in HIV/AIDS research, drug development and clinical practice since the 1980s have made it possible for people living with HIV to lead long, productive lives and keep the virus in check at ...

A few decades ago, the idea of an HIV cure sounded unrealistic. Today, doctors describe a carefully documented case where the ...

A natural vitamin A transporter, RBP4, can awaken latent HIV through NF-κB signalling, offering a new angle for cure ...

A 60-year-old man in Germany has become at least the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant. But the man, who has been virus-free for close to ...

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating-and possibly even curing-the disease a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to achieve. But ...

What criteria or characteristics would you use to group living things versus nonliving things? Scientists have grappled with this question for years, and the debate is still ongoing in the scientific ...

Research suggests sickle cell anemia may offer some protection against HIV and may also slow HIV progression. However, experts still need further research to understand why this occurs. Share on ...

In a person living with HIV, proviruses—strands of HIV DNA—are typically integrated into the T cell genome and become a permanent part of the cell's genetic makeup. This integration enables the ...