HIV & AIDS
Study reveals how HIV enters cell nucleus
Loyola University Chicago scientists have solved a mystery that has long baffled HIV researchers: How does HIV manage to enter the nucleus of immune system cells?
Jun 21, 2016
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Researchers successfully excise HIV DNA from animals
Using gene editing technology, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have, for the first time, successfully excised a segment of HIV-1 DNA - the virus responsible for AIDS - from the genomes ...
May 19, 2016
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Scientists analyze the dynamics of HIV adaptation
HIV mutates rapidly and forms countless virus variants in the patient. A collaboration of scientists from the group of Richard Neher, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany, and scientists from ...
Dec 17, 2015
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Editing HIV out of our genome with CRISPR
The virus that causes AIDS is an efficient and crafty retrovirus. Once HIV inserts its DNA into the genome of its host cells, it has a long incubation period, and can remain dormant and hidden for years. And while physicians ...
Apr 9, 2015
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Molecules seen binding to HIV-1's protective capsule, blocking infection
Imagine a suitcase on a bumpy ride. With enough jostling it opens, spilling clothes everywhere. Similarly awkward, the suitcase locks may jam and not open at the destination.
Dec 30, 2014
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Genetics
Study explores drug users' opinions on genetic testing
Genomic medicine is rapidly developing, bringing with its advances promises of individualized genetic information to tailor and optimize prevention and treatment interventions. Genetic tests are already guiding treatments ...
Sep 23, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Forced mutations doom HIV: New study reveals how a potential HIV drug exacts its toll on viral populations
Fifteen years ago, MIT professor John Essigmann and colleagues from the University of Washington had a novel idea for an HIV drug. They thought if they could induce the virus to mutate uncontrollably, they could force it ...
Jul 28, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists eliminate the HIV virus from cultured human cells for first time
The HIV-1 virus has proved to be tenacious, inserting its genome permanently into its victims' DNA, forcing patients to take a lifelong drug regimen to control the virus and prevent a fresh attack. Now, a team of Temple University ...
Jul 21, 2014
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Geneticists map human resistance to HIV
The key to future HIV treatment could be hidden right in our own genes. Everyone who becomes infected deploys defense strategies, and some even manage to hold the virus at bay without any therapy at all. This immune system ...
Oct 29, 2013
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How immune cells defend themselves against HIV
A team of scientists led by virologists Prof. Oliver T. Fackler and Prof. Oliver T. Keppler from Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a mechanism used by the human immune system to protect itself from HIV viruses. ...
Oct 2, 2012
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