Durban Diary
Calls to unite HIV positive people in the struggle to control the HIV epidemic have opened the International AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa. From grandmothers rallying to demand treatment...
HIV cure research strategy launched
An updated scientific strategy towards an HIV cure was released on the eve of the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. The strategy was developed over 2 years by a broad group...
Response to the UN Declaration on Ending AIDS
Heads of state, ministers of health and civil society congregated at the UN Headquarters in New York this week for a high level meeting to discuss progress on global goals to address HIV/AIDS. The...
HIV still replicating in tissue in people on ART
Research published this month in Nature suggests that ongoing HIV replication is responsible for maintaining a virus stockpile in lymphoid tissues even when treatment makes the virus undetectable in...
The virus that could help stop HIV
Researchers are starting to unravel the secrets of a virus that not only doesn’t make you sick, but can help you fight off other diseases. Viviane Richter explains. We’ve all heard of...
Cell-to-Cell Transmission of HIV-1 Is Required to Trigger Pyroptotic Death of Lymphoid-Tissue-Derived CD4 T Cells
Highlights The mode of HIV-1 spread determines the outcome form of cell death Cell-to-cell spread is required to deplete non-permissive CD4 T cells via pyroptosis Free HIV-1 particles, even in large...
Why HIV Cure is Still Needed
With the success of antiretroviral drugs in treating HIV/AIDS, many infected people are able to lead more normal lives. But treatment is not a cure. A renewed call for a cure was made at the...
