Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a discovery that brings medical experts one step closer to a cure ...

HIV is a virus that attacks cells in the body fighting off infections ... and developed genetic profiles of T cells, or white blood cells that are crucial to immune response and retain either active ...

The classes of antiretroviral therapy drugs attack the HIV virus at various ... versions of building blocks so infected cells can't make more HIV. These are also called "non-nukes." ...

A bold funding initiative aims to help scientists predict a T cell’s target antigens, with implications far beyond cancer ...

Specifically, HIV attacks CD4 cells, which are also called T cells. CD4 cells are a type of white blood cell. They help direct how your immune system responds to an infection. Without treatment ...

A key element in the profound immunosuppression seen in HIV infection is the depletion of this subset of T cell. Hypothalamus participates in systemic metabolic processes, while high calorie ...

INSTIs block integrase, an enzyme that HIV uses to put HIV DNA into human DNA inside the CD4 T cells. INSTIs belong to a category of drugs known as integrase inhibitors. INSTIs are well ...

Immunocore’s big swing for a functional HIV cure has cleared its first hurdle. No serious adverse events were tied to the British biotech’s bispecific T-cell engager in a phase 1/2 trial ...