HIV

From a loss of taste to dementia, infectious agents cause an array of neurological symptoms.

Engineered viruses that don’t replicate provide a tractable model for scientists to safely study SARS-CoV-2, including research into vaccine efficacy and emerging variants.

The scientific community bid farewell to researchers who furthered the fields of molecular biology, virology, sleep science, and immunology, among others.

The AIDS activist, also known as the Berlin patient, represented optimism that scientists could find a way to beat HIV.

The University of California, San Diego, researcher helped identify the HIV retrovirus responsible for AIDS and developed treatments still in use today.

Fast science—with all its warts—is making unprecedented progress in the fight against COVID-19.

The South African scientist fought for women’s access to healthcare in disadvantaged communities.

Under careful watch of the World Health Organization, doctors will test a range of COVID-19 therapies, including HIV and flu antivirals, blood plasma infusions, and traditional Chinese medicines.

The study showed that a vaccine combining a variety of immune-stimulating components was no more effective than a placebo.

A video chronicles the course of disease research and prompts questions about where scientists may focus their studies in the future.

The scientific community said goodbye to Sydney Brenner, Paul Greengard, Patricia Bath, and a number of other leading researchers this year.

The modification of three babies’ genes by He Jiankui drew widespread criticism from scientists.

Macrophages transport HIV-like particles into lymph nodes during infection.

The physician-researcher laid the groundwork for genetic cloning and led the US Food and Drug Administration as the country faced the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.

The research, led by Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov, has not led to the birth of gene-edited babies—yet.

The authors have requested a retraction of a paper that found people with the CCR5 Δ32 variant are more likely to die sooner.

The physician and researcher challenged the Chinese government over her findings of widespread hepatitis and HIV contamination during blood collection.

Scientists spent five years reconstructing what is now the oldest HIV-1 genome yet recovered.

The microbiomes of men who have sex with men are associated with greater immune system activation and promote elevated rates of viral infection in vitro.

Those with two copies of the Δ32 allele in the CCR5 gene are 21 percent more likely to die by age 76, although it’s not clear why.