The worldwide AIDS epidemic makes research on HIV, the disease processes it induces, and potential HIV therapies among the most critical in biomedical science. Furthermore, the basic biology of HIV infections provides a model ...
Dec 15, 2011
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Immunologists from Trinity, who have worked on coronaviruses for the past decade, have just unraveled new secrets behind the viruses' battle plans—providing new insights into how these deadly viruses sometimes win the war ...
Apr 12, 2022
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A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has found that some antivirals are useful for more than helping sick people get better—they also can prevent thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands ...
Jun 2, 2020
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New research from North Carolina State University shows that a "gatekeeper" protein plays an important role in skin-cancer prevention in humans and lab mice.
May 18, 2011
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An effective HIV vaccine may need to prompt strong responses from immune cells called CD8+ T cells to protect people from acquiring HIV, according to a new study from researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses are a diverse group of viruses that include rotaviruses, a common cause of gastroenteritis. The ability of the immune system to detect and destroy viruses is critical for human health and ...
Jun 23, 2011
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Instead of relying on the cell's repair mechanisms, the vaccinia virus MacGyvers a tool for DNA repair from one that it already uses to copy DNA, reports a team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) ...
May 17, 2022
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Although our body's defense mechanisms are usually capable of detecting and destroying many types of pathogens, some viruses are able to evade the immune system and make us sick. In particular, "retroviruses," such as human ...
Jun 30, 2011
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New research exploring theories of aging has found that small mutations accumulating in DNA are unlikely to be fully responsible for this process.
Oct 1, 2021
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The human protein apolipoprotein A-I binding protein (AIBP) inhibits HIV replication by targeting lipid rafts and reducing virus-cell fusion, according to a new study published in the premier American Society for Microbiology ...
Feb 10, 2020
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