Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency ...

There have been four independent transmission events from apes to humans, which have resulted in four different types of HIV, called strains. The most common strain, called HIV-1 group M ...

Combination HIV drugs pack multiple medications into the same pill, tablet, or other drug form. Integrase inhibitors stop the action of integrase, a viral enzyme (a type of protein) that HIV uses ...

The strongest evidence is for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). A meta-analysis found that having HSV-2 was associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV both in the general population (an ...

Each class of drug attacks HIV at a different stage of the HIV lifecycle. There are six main types (‘classes’) of antiretroviral drugs. Different classes work at different stages of the HIV lifecycle ...

HIV is a virus. It may cause AIDS after you’ve been infected for several years and it’s weakened your immune system. HIV doesn’t affect everyone the same way. Some people notice signs soon ...

Protein crystallization at the SER-CAT beamline at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source proved key to the discovery of a new HIV vaccine candidate.

"Our data shows that only 1.6% of the individuals studied are living with HIV strains that have any known lenacapavir-associated resistance mutations," said senior author Dr. Guinevere Lee ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers here described how they were able to safely and ethically enroll adolescents in a landmark trial of a drug that could transform the landscape of HIV prevention.