Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are insidious. They can evade the immune defense and antiviral drugs by becoming "latent ...

A person who is immunocompromised is more susceptible to infections due to a weakened immune system.

In light of President Obama’s new HIV/AIDS strategy, today we’re talking with a trio of local researchers, including Nobel Prize winning Caltech AIDS researcher Dr. David Baltimore, about new, cutting ...

Researchers at Western and the University of Calgary have discovered how HIV hides in different parts of the body by ...

The study reveals that HIV cloaks itself in the DNA of infected cells using unique DNA patterns in the brain, blood and parts ...

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating-and possibly even ...

Around one million individuals worldwide become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, each year. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must smuggle its genetic material into the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A middle-aged, mixed-race woman is now the third person to be cured ...

The first woman — and third person ever — has reportedly been cured of HIV after receiving a breakthrough treatment involving a “magical” umbilical cord blood transplant. Researchers at New ...

The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s ...