We have drugs to manage HIV. So why are we spending millions looking for cures?
Over the past three decades, there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV.
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Gene therapy may be key to permanently putting HIV into dormant state
In a study of human immune cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say a molecule within HIV itself can be manipulated and amplified to force the virus into long-term dormancy, ...
Jun 25, 2025
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HIV's route to infection is more flexible than previously believed, study finds
University of Michigan researchers have uncovered new details of the process that HIV uses to hijack cells' transportation systems for its own survival.
Jun 19, 2025
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Supercharged vaccine could offer strong protection with just one dose
Researchers at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute have shown that they can generate a strong immune response to HIV with just one vaccine dose, by adding two powerful adjuvants—materials that help stimulate the immune ...
Jun 18, 2025
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US approves Gilead's twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV—a move the company hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against the sexually transmitted virus.
Jun 18, 2025
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Gay Men's Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed
The story of the AIDS movement is one of regular people: students, bartenders, stay-at-home mothers, teachers, retired lawyers, immigrants, Catholic nuns, newly out gay men who had just arrived in New York, and many others. ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Potent mRNA nanoparticles force dormant HIV out of hiding in white blood cells
A major bottleneck in curing HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is that the virus can hide in an inactive form within resting white blood cells, which play a crucial role in coordinating the immune response.
How to stop the spread of HIV in the South
Human immunodeficiency virus was once considered a problem of big cities and urban areas, but the South has become the new epicenter of the HIV epidemic, a University of Mississippi virologist warns.
May 30, 2025
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HIV's hidden persistence: How small changes affect replication speed and reactivation
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates, and how ...
May 29, 2025
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Tackling HIV with machine learning
Hiding behind numerous disguises, HIV has been evading researchers for years, leaving the search for a vaccine as elusive as the virus itself.
May 16, 2025
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