HIV & AIDS
HIV grows despite treatment, study finds
HIV can continue to grow in patients who are thought to be responding well to treatment, according to research by the University of Liverpool.
Aug 4, 2015
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Scientists see an ultra-fast movement on surface of HIV virus
As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic code, there's a spectacularly brief moment in which a tiny piece of its surface snaps open to begin the process of infection.
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Eliminating the latent reservoir of HIV
A new study suggests that a genetic switch that causes latent HIV inside cells to begin to replicate can be manipulated to completely eradicate the virus from the human body. Cells harboring latent HIV are "invisible" to ...
Dec 7, 2018
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Researchers find latent HIV reservoirs inherently resistant to elimination by CD8+ T-cells
The latest "kick-and-kill" research to eliminate the HIV virus uncovered a potential obstacle in finding a cure. A recent study by researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that latent HIV reservoirs show ...
Jan 22, 2018
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Patients with rare natural ability to suppress HIV shed light on potential functional cure
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified two patients with HIV whose immune cells behave differently than others with the virus and actually appear to help control viral load even years after infection. Moreover, both ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Cancer drug promises to break down barrier to HIV cure
Researchers have found a promising way of kicking the AIDS virus out of its hiding place in infected cells, potentially removing the main obstacle to curing HIV.
Sep 18, 2015
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Waking up HIV: Two compounds show great potential to rouse latent virus
Highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has helped millions survive the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Unfortunately, HIV has a built-in survival mechanism, creating reservoirs of latent, inactive virus that are ...
Jul 30, 2015
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Scientists find where HIV 'hides' to evade detection by the immune system
In a decades-long game of hide and seek, scientists from Sydney's Westmead Institute for Medical Research have confirmed for the very first time the specific immune memory T-cells where infectious HIV 'hides' in the human ...
Oct 19, 2017
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HIV study confirms clinically viable vaccine paving the way for future treatments
A new scientific study conducted by a team of leading AIDS scientists reveal results that lead the way to the development of an effective human vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the study published in ...
Jul 7, 2016
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Multiple sclerosis drug blocks HIV infection and transmission in human immune cells
An immunomodulatory drug called fingolimod, which is approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, blocks human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and transmission in human immune cells, according to a study published ...
Aug 13, 2020
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