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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HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C can be detected from a single drop of blood, Danish study shows

**Note: the release below from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen, 15-18 April). Please credit the conference if you use this story** Data on ...
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Dried blood spot test can detect HIV and hepatitis, researchers say

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single drop of blood can be used to accurately detect HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, researchers said.
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Dried Blood Test May Detect HIV, Hepatitis B and C

A test using a single spot of dried blood successfully detected HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in all 60 samples with known amounts of each virus. Data on a groundbreaking test with the potential ...
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First Human Tests Under Way Of HIV Vaccine Pioneered At UNC

The world's first human test of a vaccine against the prevalent subtype of HIV in sub-Saharan African and Asia, where millions have the virus that causes AIDS, is now under way. CHAPEL HILL -- The ...
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New lab test to detect persistent HIV strains in Africa may aid search for cure

A multinational team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators developed a test that will help measure the persistence of HIV in people affected by viral strains found predominantly in Africa—a ...

How HIV enters the genome—study decodes previously unknown mechanism

Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 selects its integration targets in the human ...