The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world. The big question is what the discovery means for the overall response to the ...

However, in one of its first important findings, tree-building soon revealed two different types of HIV, now regarded as separate species. The first (particularly infective and virulent) type ...

Scientists are testing CRISPR gene editing as a potential HIV cure after successfully removing the virus from infected cells in lab studies. Here’s what the research means and what comes next.

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...