Later in HIV's replication cycle, integrase interacts with viral RNA to help the virus spread and infect new cells. Taking on these two distinct roles—first with DNA, then RNA—requires changes to ...

Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack ...

Study findings provide a new gene pathway for potential treatment of the virus affecting millions. Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the ...

Researchers have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables HIV-1 to evade the body's natural defenses and use it to support its survival and replication. The 'loophole' is a biological ...

Addressing the question of whether and how immune cells (macrophages) in the central nervous system (CNS) traffic out, ...

New research based on adults who were cured of HIV after stem cell transplants may offer hope to ultimately have a global impact on HIV care. A total of 10 individuals with HIV have been cured to date ...

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. But ...

The National Institutes of Health placed a big bet on Oregon scientist Jonah Sacha this week, awarding Sacha and his colleagues an $8.4 million, five-year grant for their work developing a cure for ...

Ignore photo claiming to be HIV under microscope - shows caterpillar, not virus!IN SHORT: Viral posts circulating on Facebook in Kenya and Tanzania claim to show HIV magnified under a microscope, ...