HIV

Sub-Saharan Africa leads global HIV decline

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published a new study in The Lancet HIV journal that revealed…

3 weeks ago

A two-dose schedule could make HIV vaccines more effective

One major reason why it has been difficult to develop an effective HIV vaccine is that the virus mutates very…

3 months ago

New drug shows promise in clearing HIV from brain

An experimental drug originally developed to treat cancer may help clear HIV from infected cells in the brain, according to…

5 months ago

Advancing toward a preventative HIV vaccine

A major challenge in developing a vaccine for HIV is that the virus mutates fast -- very fast. Although a…

6 months ago

GPS-like system shows promise as HIV vaccine strategy to elicit critical antibodies

A team led by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS,…

7 months ago

Scientists see an ultra-fast movement on surface of HIV virus

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic…

10 months ago

HIV: Early treatment, one key to remission

People living with HIV need to take antiretroviral treatment for life to prevent the virus from multiplying in their body.…

11 months ago

HIV antibodies protect animals in proof-of-concept study

Three different HIV antibodies each independently protected monkeys from acquiring simian-HIV (SHIV) in a placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study intended to inform…

11 months ago