In spite of seeming to be just 'bystander cells'that escape infection, many CD4 T cells are killed by the HIV virus, the reason for which researchers seem to have discovered at last. In spite of ...

HIV impacts fertility in both men and women. In men, it leads to hormonal changes and sperm abnormalities. Women experience ...

Do you notice the tiny red-ringed dots in this image? Those little spots are HIV particles. They are concentrated on contact points in the brain between an infected immune cell and an uninfected ...

Some antibodies can directly neutralise foreign organisms by immobilising them or (in the case of viruses) blocking their ability to enter cells. Basic information on HIV and the immune system ...

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS if not treated. Unlike some other viruses, the human body ...

T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...

The first person cured of HIV was Timothy Ray Brown, an American then living in Berlin, who received two stem cell transplants to treat leukaemia in 2006. The donor had double copies of a rare gene ...

Dec. 10, 2024 — A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody response among people living with HIV who didn't respond ...

He was not cured by the HIV drugs, however, but by a stem-cell treatment he received for ... "I want to be an ambassador of hope. "I don't want people to think, 'Oh, you've been chosen.' ...

China's top drug regulator has recently approved the nation's first stem cell therapy to treat a type of complication associated with bone marrow transplant, as well as a novel HIV drug that only ...