HCV—can persist in the livers of those infected and even lead to liver disease or failure in extreme cases. It affects tens ...

At the cellular level, HIV-1 transmission involves a highly coordinated process whereby the virus binds to CD4 receptors and one of two coreceptors—CCR5 (R5) or CXCR4 (X4)—on host immune cells, ...

Researchers from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered how a ...

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...

Wesley Sundquist, PhD, Samuels Professor and chair of biochemistry at the University of Utah, laid the foundation for the development of a highly effective, long-lasting prophylactic against HIV, ...

A few months into his postdoctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine in 2021, Rafael Michita made a curious observation. Peering at Zika viruses infiltrating placenta cells under a microscope, he ...

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby ...

HIV spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals. Once individuals are infected, HIV particles target our T cells, a type of white blood cell. Healthy T cells identify ...

New AI system helps scientists rapidly pinpoint the most promising paths to an HIV vaccine. view more . Credit: Scripps ...

This is a mugshot of a killer. The little yellow dots are HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) particles, also called virions. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), an ...