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 ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Key Takeaways Antiretroviral drugs stop HIV from making copies of itself. HAART can ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Key Takeaways CD4 T helper cells help the body fight infections by signaling other cells to attack germs. Without enough CD4 T cells, the body can't fight ...

Thirty years ago, at age 27, Jerry Johnson noticed a rash on his upper body. He was openly gay, and so his mother, who worked at a state health agency, would bring him information about the human ...

Remember when an HIV diagnosis felt like a death sentence? Those days are gone. Modern medicine has transformed HIV from a fatal disease to a manageable chronic condition. But there’s a catch that ...

We might be a step closer to curing HIV, as researchers have developed a way to knock out a version of the virus lurking in the body. Using something called an HIV-like particle (HLP)—which are dead ...

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 ...