From the identification of HIV as the agent that causes AIDS, to the development of effective antiretroviral drugs, the scientific achievements in HIV research in the past 20 years have been ...

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A clinical trial tested strategies for boosting teens' and young adults' use of HIV-prevention drugs called PrEP. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

As far as viruses go, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is quite simple. About 100,000 times smaller than a red blood cell, the virus expresses just a dozen proteins, yet it can establish a lifelong ...

A new HIV vaccine has shown a significantly improved ability to neutralize the virus in preclinical tests, and it will soon be studied in healthy people who volunteer to participate in clinical trials ...

That experience moved Hurley to seek out PrEP, shorthand for preexposure prophylaxis. The antiretroviral medication greatly ...

Kane Race (left) and Kairon Liu (right) discussing Untransmittable. Credit: Beau Newham, courtesy of The National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) This past July, the 12th ...

A clinical trial of a new method to activate and kill HIV in the body shows small success, but it's not yet a cure. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

How can we eliminate a virus that hides inside our very own immune cells? This question has haunted researchers for decades. HIV, the AIDS virus, has this ability to lie dormant and well-hidden, ...