by Oregon Health & Science University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New animal research is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant. The study’s insights may bring scientists closer to developing what they hope will become a widespread cure for the virus that causes AIDS, which has infected about 38 million...
by Albert Einstein College of Medicine Microscopic image of an HIV-infected T cell. Credit: NIAID Armed with a novel strategy they developed for bolstering the body’s immune response, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have successfully suppressed HIV infections in mice—offering a path to a functional cure for HIV and other chronic viral infections. Their...
