Benjamin Chen, MD, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the implications of his new study involving ...

HIV is difficult to cure, partly due to the virus' ability to create a "latent reservoir"—where it hides dormant inside of cells, safe from detection. "When this virus is expressed within ...

Ongoing research investigating how HIV remains as a latent reservoir in resting T helper cells to ensure viral persistence in patients that have undergone treatment with highly active antiretroviral ...

Background HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are commonly associated. Identifying latent and asymptomatic tuberculosis infection in HIV-positive patients is important in preventing death and morbidity ...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test ...

Credit: china photos/Getty Images For the two other models, scientists studied mice with actively replicating HIV infections and mice with latent infections that lie dormant within the cells.

HIV-Tocky has identified two latent patterns: direct latency, and later latency which initially exhibits transient expression.

I enjoy music and worship, traveling, photography, and playing volleyball and tennis. My ongoing research studies latent reservoirs of HIV infection. I am investigating the mechanisms of how ...

A multi-pronged approach will likely be needed to achieve the goal of curing HIV. The discovery and development of latency-reversing agents, immune modulators, and genetically engineered effector ...