The challenge with curing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is that it tends to hide dormant in cells, evading the ...

Leaders in HIV research highlighted the critical role of that research has played in advancing HIV science over the past 40 years. In a commentary in Nature Medicine, they explained how U.S.-funded ...

On October 20, 2025, scientists announced a significant advancement toward curing HIV, marking a pivotal moment in the ...

Researchers have taken a giant leap in the search for an HIV cure by discovering a way to identify the virus even as it is camouflaged among other cells. HIV spreads by invading and multiplying within ...

Addressing the question of whether and how immune cells (macrophages) in the central nervous system (CNS) traffic out, ...

You may have heard about Symtuza, a medicine approved by the FDA in 2018 to treat people with HIV who have not been treated yet. It may also be used to replace another medicine for treating HIV in ...

Patrick Arbuthnot was browsing his emails on what seemed like a normal workday in his lab in Johannesburg when he saw a strange notification pop up. “Stop Work,” it read. Arbuthnot does not remember ...

In July 2024, we published a story with the headline: “One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others.” This summer, at the International AIDS Society conference, came ...

The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV ...

HIV significantly affects sleep, with many affected people living in a state akin to chronic jet lag. A new study with Wits ...