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Since HIV’s discovery in the 1980s, scientists have come a long way in understanding the different steps required for its assembly and maturation. Researchers knew, for instance, that HIV wraps its ...

A new antiretroviral target has been identified that suppresses HIV-1 replication and selectively kills HIV-1-infected cells. HIV-1 is the most common type of HIV. When HIV-1 leaves infected cells, ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD HIV-2 is similar to HIV-1 in that they are both: Types of human immunodeficiency virus ...

A new study led by Western researchers is the first to identify a factor that could influence how fast the pocket where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hides dormant inside of cells shrinks when ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments strive to block a virus or halt its replication.

Researchers have discovered that Daphne pseudomezereum (commonly known as Onishibari) contains a substance inhibiting ...

A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho ...

A small French biotech is trumpeting results from a trial suggesting its developmental drug could be used as part of an HIV cure. The phase 2a trial of AbiVax’s ABX464 pill is small but confirms ...

Efavirenz, an HIV drug, shows potential for treating chikungunya virus, inhibiting replication and reducing viral load ...