An immune response that likely evolved to help fight infections appears to be the mechanism that drives human ...

HIV damages your immune system by targeting CD4 cells. The virus grabs on to the surface of a cell, gets inside, and becomes a part of it. When the infected CD4 cell dies, it releases more copies ...

the VNPs were able to maintain a healthier functional immune system, essentially ignoring changing levels of HIV replication. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed that VNPs exhibited widespread ...

If you don’t receive treatment, HIV cells will continue to multiply in your body. Over time, this can weaken your immune ...

Three Fred Hutch Cancer Center researchers received a five-year, $3.8 million award from the National Cancer Institute to ...

Other infections may increase your likelihood of contracting mono. People with weakened immune system, including those with ...

As the science stands, the vast majority of the roughly eight million people in South Africa living with HIV will have to get ...

An Antidiabetic Helps the Immune System Recognize Reservoirs of HIV Sep. 10, 2024 — Metformin, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, could help deplete the viral reservoir and eliminate it ...

A pop-up sexual health clinic has seen an increase in the number of new people coming forward to get tested for HIV. The ...

That means they had contracted it several years ago and it started to affect their immune system,” explained Monteith. He ...

In children with HIV, whose immune systems are poor, any intervention that could inadvertently increase infection risk is ...