Since HIV viral-load testing is the best tool to enable early detection of therapeutic failure, unrecognized virological failure along with selection and accumulation of drug resistance have been ...

A multiomic analysis led by the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute has uncovered genetic and immune mechanisms in some ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD and partner Merck MRK announced new results from a mid-stage study evaluating the investigational ...

And her viral load - how much HIV is in the blood - was so high her doctor told her if she caught another infection, it would kill her. Untreated, HIV can lead to acquired immune-deficiency ...

HIV is a virus. It may cause AIDS after you’ve been infected for several years and it’s weakened your immune system. HIV doesn’t affect everyone the same way. Some people notice signs soon ...

Having an undetectable viral load means there is not enough of the virus in the body to be transmittable, so elite controllers cannot pass the virus on to others. “Someone is generally defined as an ...

Gilead Sciences and Merck presented Phase 2 results showing 94.2% viral suppression in HIV patients treated with islatravir and lenacapavir. Both weekly and daily treatments achieved comparable ...

The national HIV prevalence was 16.3% among adults aged 15 years and older, translating to an estimated 7.4 million adults ...

An Antidiabetic Helps the Immune System Recognize Reservoirs of HIV Sep. 10, 2024 — Metformin, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, could help deplete the viral reservoir and eliminate it ...

Fostemsavir plus optimized background therapy was associated with improvements in immune biomarkers among HTE patients with MDR HIV infection.

Hispanic Americans accounted for 33% of estimated new HIV infections in 2022. While the United States has made considerable progress fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis since its peak in the 1980s ...