Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) is one of the most challenging viruses for doctors to treat. Even with effective antiretroviral therapy, immune cells infected with HIV can hide and lie inactive in certain areas of the ...
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Beyond both being viruses, HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 don't seem to have a lot in common. HIV-1 is a retrovirus that integrates with its host's DNA for life and can be passed down from mother to child, while SARS-CoV-2 is contagious ...
Mar 30, 2026
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Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, McGill University researchers report.
Jan 21, 2026
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Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was identified in 1983, roughly 91.4 million people around the world have contracted the virus and an additional 44.1 million have died from related causes. Currently, nearly 40 ...
Dec 3, 2025
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The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most common HIV strain. While symptoms can now be better managed with lifelong treatment, there is no cure to fully eliminate ...
Oct 24, 2025
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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 genome. A research team ...
Sep 15, 2025
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40 million people live with HIV globally, and that number continues to rise. While therapies exist to reduce the amount of HIV in a patient's body and, in turn, reduce HIV symptoms, there remains no cure. Engineering better ...
Sep 8, 2025
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A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered a surprising molecular link between HIV-1 and a protein fragment associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Sep 3, 2025
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A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the foundation for new therapeutic ...
Aug 3, 2025
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A new study in Nature shows that delivering a single injection of gene therapy at birth may offer years-long protection against HIV, tapping into a critical window in early life that could reshape the fight against pediatric ...
Jul 30, 2025
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