A few months into his postdoctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine in 2021, Rafael Michita made a curious observation.

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even curing—the disease a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to achieve.

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

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

About 1.5 million new HIV infections are thought to have occurred last year, and while COVID-19 has dominated concerns about public health in recent years, HIV remains a threat to many people. Human ...

Viruses need host cells, and viral pathogens have many different ways to infect those hosts. Scientists have revealed a rapid movement made by a small molecule called a glycoprotein on the surface of ...

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 ...

HIV remains a major global health issue, affecting nearly 40 million people worldwide. Current treatments, known as antiretroviral therapy (ART), are highly effective at suppressing the virus and ...

Share on Pinterest The Trump administration’s plan to cut funding for HIV vaccine research comes at a time when the field is making progress. Victor Torres/Stocksy United The Trump administration ...

A March 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a screenshot of an article headline about HIV. "'Vaccine-Induced AIDS' - Military Records 500% Increase in HIV after COVID-19 Vax," reads ...