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: ...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system, making infected individuals more vulnerable to diseases and infections. Once inside human cells ...

The first known case of HIV-1 infection in human was detected in 1959, from a blood sample of a man in Kinshasa, Democratic ...

Rapid determination of the HIV status of source blood allows for early administration ... qualitative and quantitative cell culture methods, and enumeration of T-helper (CD4) and T-suppressor ...

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 ...

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 ...