If left untreated, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) almost always will progress to AIDS, even after many years. The immune defenses become compromised and the body is less able to defend itself ...

If you're worried about HIV infection, you may wonder whether it's safe to have oral sex. While it's not risk-free, the chances of spreading the virus that causes AIDS are very low if you take the ...

Many of the fears have been fueled by media reports which either overstate the risk of acquiring HIV through accidental occupational needlestick injuries or spotlight cases in which victims are ...

Galway nurse Aoife Commins believes that as a white, heterosexual woman who is knowledgeable about sexual health, she is an example of how becoming HIV-positive can happen to anyone. She was ...

Twenty-seven patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus infection (CHB) have now been dosed with VRON-0200 as a single (Prime), or Prime and Boost, intramuscular (i.m.) injection ...

Enhancement of HIV-1 Infectivity. Early work on this topic ... protein other than CD4 that blocks the function of Env in the virion. Nef enhances infectivity by downregulating this unknown protein ...

Many new names sounded as if they’d been cooked up by a medieval monk. HIV-1 would henceforth be known as Lentivirus humimdef1. SARs-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid, would be known as ...

In this GEN webinar, our speaker, Eric Johansen, PhD, will demonstrate the utility of virion-displayed membrane proteins for screening antibody biologics. He will present the VirD membrane protein ...

He is an associate professor of medicine at OHSU, and the medical director of HIV and hepatitis C services at Central City Concern. Welcome to Think Out Loud. Seaman: Thank you, Dave. Miller ...

aHKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China bWorld Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease ...