LA JOLLA, Calif., June 26, 2009 – Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that specific microRNAs (non-coding RNAs that interfere with gene expression) reduce ...

Just over a year ago, the European Union and the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new anti-retroviral drug to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Lenacapavir is the first ...

We might be a step closer to curing HIV, as researchers have developed a way to knock out a version of the virus lurking in the body. Using something called an HIV-like particle (HLP)—which are dead ...

Despite decades of research and several important breakthroughs, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a prominent public health threat with no cure which has to this point claimed roughly 40 ...

President Joe Biden's administration has approved a new rule allowing organ transplants from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients, U.S. health officials announced on Tuesday. The decision ...

To enhance students’ engagement with and deepen their understanding of the concept of life, consider pairing this narrative with the following classroom resources: The HHMI BioInteractive activity ...

The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections commenced yesterday evening with a brief address by Dr. David Ho, the conference program chair, who introduced the Dr. Bernard Fields ...

According to UNAIDS, in 2024, about 40.8 million people around the world were living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — a virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) if ...