HIV Research News

Understanding How HIV Beats Early Immune Response

Sep-15-2017 Cube Biosystems 0

In an important step towards eradicating HIV-associated viral reservoirs, researchers have identified how the HIV virus hijacks the innate immune system to facilitate its replication and spread, thus ..

Mechanism of CypA Inhibition of HIV-1 Infection

Sep-07-2017 Cube Biosystems 0

Vanderbilt researchers find that CypA inhibits HIV-1 infection by blocking nuclear import of the HIV-1 preintegration complex. ..

Novel Approach Offers New Insights Into HIV’s Lifecycle

Aug-23-2017 Cube Biosystems 0

Live-cell fluorescent imaging system identifies individual viral particles associated with infection. .smallWindo..

Protein Critical to Early Stages of Cellular HIV Infection Identified

Aug-09-2017 Cube Biosystems 0

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)-led researchers identify a protein critical to the early stages of infection of cells by HIV, offering a potential target for anti-HIV treatment. ..

Creating Resistance to HIV Via CRISPR

Aug-04-2017 Cube Biosystems 0

Mice transplanted with human hematopoietic stem cells that have an HIV receptor gene, CCR5, disrupted by gene editing allows the animals to ward off HIV infection. ..

Use of REV-dependent HIV reporter cell, REV-CEM-GFP/Luc, helps lead to discovering small molecular inhibitors that block the HIV host dependency factor LIMK1

Apr-11-2017 Cube Biosystems 0

The actin cytoskeleton plays an important role in HIV entry, intracellular migration, and viron release. LIM domain kinase (LIMK) regulates actin cytoskeleton by phosphorylating cofilin. HIV can gain..

Researchers Find Alternative Pathways to HIV Antibodies

May-05-2016 Cube Biosystems 0

The immune system appears to hamper an investigational vaccine from inducing antibodies that protect against HIV infection, but there may be ways to overcome this impediment. ..

Retroviral DNA Needs Time To Find Its Home, But Insertion Happens In A Blink

Apr-27-2016 Cube Biosystems 0

Retroviruses such as HIV must insert their viral DNA into host-cell DNA. A new study reveals details about the viral DNA's search for an insertion point. The findings could help improve treatments for..

Punch - Counterpunch: HIV Can Avoid CRISPR/Cas9 Editing

Apr-13-2016 Cube Biosystems 0

A few weeks ago we noted that by using CRISPR/Cas9 editing, researchers were able to remove HIV from stem cells. Unfortunately, a new study reveals that HIV is able to quickly adapt to this type of ge..

Current State of HIV Research

Mar-01-2016 Cube Biosystems 0

Just where are we in terms of HIV research, what advances have we seen lately, and are we any closer to attaining that ultimate goal of a cure? ..

HIV Continues to Replicate Despite Antiretrovirals

Jan-28-2016 Cube Biosystems 0

A new study demonstrates that HIV continues to replicate, even when it is no longer detectable in blood. .smallWind..

An Interview with a Richard Kitney: Synthetic Biology Pioneer

Dec-31-2015 Cube Biosystems 0

Is Synthetic Biology a new field or just a new name for genetic engineering? Exome interviews Richard Kitney one of the originators in the Synthetic Biology field. ..