How HIV cracks the lock to the cell nucleus
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system, making infected individuals more ...
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Decoding HIV's tactics: RNA structures provide new insights into how virus hijacks cells
HIV-1, like other viruses, lacks the machinery to produce its own proteins and must rely on the host cell to translate its genetic instructions. After entering host cells, it seizes control of the ...
Uncovering how HIV assembles its lipid coat, which allows it to enter cells
"Since viruses cannot synthesize lipids, HIV 'steals' lipids from the plasma membrane of host cells," explains Toshihide ...
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How Does HIV Infection Kill T Cells?
many CD4 T cells are killed by the HIV virus, the reason for which researchers seem to have discovered at last. In spite of seeming to be just 'bystander cells'that escape infection, many CD4 T ...