HIV is incredibly difficult to treat because of the virus’ ability to integrate its genome into the host’s DNA. It is also known to infect different types of cells and tissues in the body ...

Two strains of HIV have been discovered that attack the immune system in a new way, according to research published in the January issue of Nature Medicine. It was previously thought that HIV largely ...

Each class of drug attacks HIV at a different stage of the HIV lifecycle. There are six main types (‘classes’) of antiretroviral drugs. Different classes work at different stages of the HIV lifecycle ...

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency ...

Combination HIV drugs pack multiple medications into the same pill, tablet, or other drug form. Integrase inhibitors stop the action of integrase, a viral enzyme (a type of protein) that HIV uses ...

The strongest evidence is for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). A meta-analysis found that having HSV-2 was associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV both in the general population (an ...

HIV-1 strains in humans arose from three independent ape-to-human transmissions in the early 20th century, but the viral adaptation in humans remained unknown until now. Paul Sharp and colleagues from ...

project reported their detection of the new variant of subtype-B HIV-1, the most common type of HIV, that appears to be even more damaging to a person's health. Identified as the "VB variant," the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers here described how they were able to safely and ethically enroll adolescents in a landmark trial of a drug that could transform the landscape of HIV prevention.

The genetic diversity of HIV can result in false and discordant results in assays that fail to detect new variant strains. The use of antiretroviral therapies has resulted in drug-resistant ...

Our data shows that only 1.6% of the individuals studied are living with HIV strains that have any known lenacapavir-associated resistance mutations. That's important because it shows lenacapavir ...