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

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University identified for the first time how HIV enters a dormant state in infected cells that allows the virus to “hide” from the immune system and current ...

Hiding behind numerous disguises, HIV has been evading researchers for years, leaving the search for a vaccine as elusive as the virus itself. Once believed to exist as pure strains or subtypes, new ...

Once HIV infects a cell, the virus inserts its genetic information into the DNA, making the infection generally incurable.

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 ...

Wesley Sundquist, PhD, Samuels Professor and chair of biochemistry at the University of Utah, laid the foundation for the development of a highly effective, long-lasting prophylactic against HIV, ...

HIV spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals. Once individuals are infected, HIV particles target our T cells, a type of white blood cell. Healthy T cells identify ...

Biology researchers have developed a new antibody therapy that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains. They found success in an unlikely source -- llamas. A research team at Georgia State ...

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 ...