When your body tries to fight off HIV, it can cause an HIV rash, but it’s not the only symptom. Because these symptoms can look and feel like other ... HIV weakens the cells that usually fight ...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system ... It is, however, not spherical, but shaped like a cone, with a narrow and a wider end.

What is it like to live with HIV infection ... The truth is that people really do look at you differently when they know you are HIV positive. "It is hard. I have a boyfriend now and he knows ...

Two research teams led by Warner Greene at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco have demonstrated that the vast majority of CD4 T cells in lymphoid tissues, despite their ability to resist full ...

At this point, the virus has infected and killed so many immune cells that the immune system is severely impaired. AIDS does not occur ... takes a closer look at how HIV causes AIDS and the ...

Who do you think HIV looks like? That's what a campaign by the Vancouver-based Does HIV Look Like Me? International Society asks. The organization aims to counter discrimination against people ...

And it now appears that those dying T cells aren't bystanders exactly. The HIV virus apparently does invade those T cells, but the cells somehow block virus replication. It is the byproducts of ...

HIV-1, like other viruses, lacks the machinery to produce its own proteins and must rely on the host cell to translate its genetic instructions. After entering host cells, it seizes control of the ...

The T-helper cells lose their ability to protect the body from infections as a result of the virus's damage, making the body more susceptible to serious illnesses like ... Now, Does HIV or AIDS ...