An international research team has identified a novel HIV antibody that targets the virus at a particularly vulnerable site and overcomes previous limitations of known antibodies. This study, led by ...

From the outset, it seemed likely that HIV arose through cross-infection from another mammal. However, in one of its first important findings, tree-building soon revealed two different types of HIV, ...

While medical breakthroughs have made ending HIV transmission a realistic goal, experts warn that stigma and misinformation ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are lifelong, potentially life-threatening infections that weaken an individual’s immune system, rendering them susceptible to severe secondary infections ...

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...