Category: Science

Resistance is futile. A 3D map from cryoelectron tomography of a "trimeric spike" of HIV's gp120 (red) bound by a potent bNAb (blue). CREDIT: FROM THE WORK OF SRIRAM SUBRAMANIAM AND COLLEAGUES/NIH

Bound for Glory

Published September 13, 2013

The discovery of antibodies that foil almost every HIV variant has transformed the AIDS vaccine search. In 2006, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)…

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Reversal of Misfortunes

Published February 22, 2013

South Africa has the world’s worst HIV/TB syndemic; now it’s trying to overhaul its response to both diseases. Babu Sunkari shows the lungs of…

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False Positive

Published September 21, 2011

A report in Science 2 years ago that linked a mouse retrovirus, XMRV, to chronic fatigue syndrome astonished scientists and patients alike. But the theory…

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