A photo of a spiky creature has been widely shared online in Tanzania and Kenya with claims that it shows the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under a microscope. But this is false; the image ...
A new Nikon AXR Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope purchased by the CWRU Center for Excellence on the Impact of Substance Use on HIV, led by Alan Levine, PhD, is available for use by trained faculty.
On the left is integrase in its “intasome” structure of four identical four-part complexes (pink) that connect to create one 16-part complex that locks around viral DNA (blue). On the right is ...
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If not treated, it can lead to the autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). As happens with other viruses, when a ...
The HIV-1 virus can neutralize cellular defenses with its “viral infectivity factor (Vif).” Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) researchers, Matthias Wolf and Takahide Kouno together ...