A new study exonerates Gaetan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendant long considered to be “HIV Patient Zero” in the 1980’s AIDS epidemic in the U.S. An international team of researchers hailing from the University of Arizona and University of Cambridge used…
HIV Drug Blocks Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer
Although prostate cancer can be successfully treated in many men, when the disease develops bone metastases, it is eventually lethal. In a study published online in the journal Cancer Research, researchers show that the receptor CCR5, best known for its role…
Virus Discovery Could Impact HIV Drug Research
A research team led by Portland State University biology professor Ken Stedman has unlocked the structure of an unusual virus that lives in volcanic hot springs. The discovery could pave the way for better drugs to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),…
Researchers Discover Promising Strategy for Fighting HIV
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Massachusetts General (MGH) and Boston Children’s hospitals (BCH) for the first time have used a relatively new gene-editing technique to create what could prove to be an effective technique for blocking HIV from invading…