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 ...

HIV-1, like other viruses, lacks the machinery to produce its own proteins and must rely on the host cell to translate its genetic instructions. After entering host cells, it seizes control of the ...

Two research teams led by Warner Greene at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco have demonstrated that the vast majority of CD4 T cells in lymphoid tissues, despite their ability to resist full ...

"Since viruses cannot synthesize lipids, HIV 'steals' lipids from the plasma membrane of host cells," explains Toshihide ...

many CD4 T cells are killed by the HIV virus, the reason for which researchers seem to have discovered at last. In spite of seeming to be just 'bystander cells'that escape infection, many CD4 T ...