HIV mystery uncovered: How the virus reprograms host cells to create perfect hiding places

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even ...
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Risk of severe breakthrough COVID-19 infection is higher for people with HIV with moderately low CD4 cell counts

People with HIV who have moderate immune suppression appear to be at greater risk of severe COVID-19 'breakthrough' infection after vaccination, according to a new study. People with HIV who have ...
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HIV Hides Out In Brain-Resident Immune Cells

As a part of its life cycle, human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) inserts a copy of its DNA into human immune cells. Some of these newly infected immune cells can then transition into a dormant, ...
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Better HIV, AIDS test kit launched

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya on Thursday witnessed the launch of a revolutionary test kit for CD4 cells taking the management of HIV/AIDS to a new level. Health experts need to know the status of CD4 cells ...
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The impact of HIV and CD4 count stratification on all cause mortality for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell lung cancers in the antiretroviral therapy era: Analysis of National ...

*Adjusted model includes: age, sex, race/ethnicity, year of diagnosis, Deyo comorbidity index, smoking, alcohol abuse, time-dependent treatment, and organization. † Hazard ratios significant at a ...
Fred Hutch

Targeting B cells – a new approach to HIV treatment?

There are currently ~38 million people worldwide living with HIV. If left untreated, HIV infection progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) where patients become extremely vulnerable to ...
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HIV may hide in white blood cells, study suggests

Researchers are closing in on another immune system "hideout" that HIV uses to persist in the human body for years. A subset of white blood cells called myeloid cells can harbor HIV in people who've ...