Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), the microbial culprit behind oral herpes, infects up to 67 percent of adults under 50 worldwide, although most cases are asymptomatic. Like all viruses, HSV-1 requires a ...

In a study of human immune cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say a ...

The 2025 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to three scientists whose discoveries culminated in the development ...

HIV infects CD4 cells by first binding to a cell's surface and releasing its genetic material into the cell. Then, the virus hijacks cellular machinery to weave its genetic material into the cell ...

With the 12 specialised key population clinics in South Africa funded by the US government, and now shuttered, getting treatment at government clinics has been difficult, if not impossible ...

In the frustrating 40-year effort to develop a vaccine for HIV/AIDS, hardworking scientists could certainly use some help. Newly published research suggests they may have found some in the form of a ...

New York woman appears cured of HIV after stem cell transplant 01:08. NEW YORK -- In a breakthrough in the fight against AIDS, a New York woman appears to have been cured of HIV, the virus that ...

A man in southern California, dubbed the 'City of Hope patient', appears to be the latest person cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare mutation, bringing the ...

A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus ...

A newfound variant of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, ... infects and destroys immune cells called CD4 cells ... The team was able to construct a diagram called a phylogenetic tree based on ...

A new technique using electron tomography and subtomogram averaging at Diamond’s electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC), has solved the structure of the HIV capsid alone and in complex with host ...

Researchers say they have found a second patient whose body seemingly had rid itself of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS – supporting hope that it may be possible someday ...