Antiretroviral drugs reduced HIV levels in this man's blood to minuscule levels, but his lymph node cells (purple) still produced detectable viral RNA (green). PHOTO: STEPHEN WIETGREFE, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
A new study stirs a longstanding debate and suggests that the way to cure HIV infections may be to make drugs that better reach “sanctuary…
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New journal aims to make paper submissions simpler and faster. New journal aims to make paper submissions simpler and faster. Credit: Pathogens & Immunity
There’s no shortage of places to publish original research papers about pathogens and immunity, but a new peer-reviewed journal on those topics has a unique…
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In 2004, before anti-HIV drugs were widely available in India, an AIDS ward in Chennai was filled with patients. Photo: Malcolm Linton
A new report written by a high-profile commission urges the world to learn from the many mistakes made during the Ebola epidemic and revamp how…
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When this member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received his flu shot in October 2011, he had no idea whether he’d have side effects. Credit: Carol E. Davis/ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Imagine if you knew you were going to have side effects from a vaccine before you got it. It might dissuade you from getting the…
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Credit: Ken Garrett
Vaccines that appear scientifically feasible often move through development slowly because they have little commercial potential and thus have trouble attracting serious investments. Just such…
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By Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink (Read original article here. Clicking on links in story will take you to Science site.) Since 29 November, not a single new…
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HIV-infected people in a remote Zimbabwean village receive antiretroviral drugs at the local church once every 2 months. Photo: TJ Maposhere
HARARE–Every 2 months, a Land Cruiser stuffed with health care workers leaves Harare’s Chidamoyo Hospital early in the morning and drives 90 minutes east across…
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Delegates at the Lung Meeting donned masks to fight TB stigma. Photo ©Marcus Rose/The Union
CAPE TOWN—The international “Lung Meeting” held here last week was not your grandparents’ tuberculosis (TB) conference. The traditionally staid 46th Union World Conference on Lung…
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This 1463-day-old mouse is part of a long-lived cohort at The Jackson Laboratory. PHOTO: JENNIFER TORRANCE/THE JACKSON LABORATORY
The longest lived laboratory animals shed light on the forces that lead some to any early grave and others to beat the odds and see…
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