The DRACOs Project: to end viral diseases
Viruses have plagued mankind since the beginning. The DRACOs project may be able to end suffering and death caused by virtually all current & future viral diseases. Basically, the aim is […]
Viruses have plagued mankind since the beginning. The DRACOs project may be able to end suffering and death caused by virtually all current & future viral diseases. Basically, the aim is […]
HIV has been infecting humans for approximately a hundred years and thanks to the advancement of science, it is now possible for people with HIV to live for decades after infection. […]
Weekly roundup: April 11, 2016 – April 17, 2016 HIV can adapt to CRISPR gene editing; in two weeks! A recent development brought much excitement in the scientific community. Researchers from the […]
They were trying to genetically modify embryos to be resistant to HIV. It’s barely been a year since the debate about the ethics of genetically modifying human embryos had started. […]
HIV took just 2 weeks to overcome our best attempt to edit it out of our cells A recent development brought much excitement in the scientific community. Researchers from the […]
From our current perspective, it is easy to forget that at the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, scientists did not even know the identity of the infectious agent causing a […]
There is no story in global health as transformative, awe-inspiring, and yet as tragic as the AIDS pandemic. The disease was unknown only a generation ago — a medical curiosity […]
A study published on January 5th in the Biophysics journal reveals that a peptide derived from the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) kills a number of viruses while leaving the hosts cells unharmed […]
Funds will support proof of concept studies for lead candidate HTI immunogen as a therapeutic vaccine against HIV infection Aelix Therapeutics, a drug development company specialized in the discovery and […]
The HIV-1 retrovirus cripples its host immune system by invading and hijacking the protein machinery of T-lymphocytes, cells that initiate and launch the body’s adaptive immune response. The replication cycle […]