Immunology
T-Cell Research Sheds Light On Why HIV Can Persist Despite Treatment
Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing...
Researchers block replication of AIDS virus
A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Spanish universities and research centres, among which is the University of Valencia, has managed...
How Long Does It Take a Virus to Infect a Cell?
Viruses are as simple as they are "smart": too elementary to be able to reproduce by themselves, they exploit the...
Mysterious Virus Could Be Signal of Weak Immune System
More than 260,000 Americans are alive today thanks to transplant operations that have replaced their failing kidneys, hearts, lungs or...
Breaking the Code
You may be sensitive to gluten, but you’re not sure. Perhaps you can’t put your finger on a recurring malaise,...
Researcher develops new medicine that attacks HIV before it integrates with human DNA
Thirty-four million people are living with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, worldwide and each year some 2.5 million more are...
Mice With Human Immune Cells Give Researchers New View of Dengue Fever
Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease found in more than 100 countries, has no cure and no vaccine. One reason...
Scientists closer to universal flu vaccine
Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to...
Study Explores Barriers to HIV Vaccine Response
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) discovered that an antibody that binds and neutralizes HIV likely also targets the...