The tiny shell protecting the HIV virus resembles a slightly rounded ice cream cone, but there is nothing sweet about it. More than 40 million people worldwide live with AIDS because of this virus, ...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The outer shell, called the capsid (yellow and purple) envelopes the viral RNA genome (blue). Illustration credit: Janet Iwasa Accomplishing a feat that had been a ...

In a recent landmark study, scientists have unveiled how HIV-1 penetrates the cell's nuclear barrier—a discovery that could reshape antiviral strategies. The research, led by Professor Peijun Zhang, ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If not treated, it can lead to the autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). As happens with other viruses, when a ...

Currently, the gold standard of testing for HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — is based on genomic detection through ...

Over the last century, humans have experienced multiple severe viral outbreaks, including the Spanish flu and other influenza epidemics, HIV, SARS-CoV, MERS, Ebola, and the recent SARS-CoV2 pandemic.

University of Delaware professor Juan Perilla (right), is co-author of a new paper that reveals a previously unknown structural role for integrase, a key HIV protein, earlier in the virus' life cycle ...