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 ...

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

Sweden has surpassed the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, with reduced HIV incidence and a steady increase in diagnosed and treated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Obr and Schur first crossed paths while working on HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus ... This shell serves a critical function: it protects the viral genetic material until the host cell is ...