For the first time in 19 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV. The strain is a part of the Group M version of HIV-1, the same family of virus subtypes to blame for the global ...

Researchers have discovered the first new strain of HIV since 2000, according to research published Nov. 6 in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Abbott Laboratories, which screens ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are reporting that a patient undergoing experimental therapy for HIV infection became superinfected with a second strain of the virus, which compromised his ...

OXFORD, United Kingdom (StudyFinds.org) – A more aggressive HIV strain that can cause patients to develop AIDS twice as fast has been discovered in the Netherlands. The new variant is highly virulent ...

A multinational team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators developed a test that will help measure the persistence of HIV in people affected by viral strains found predominantly in Africa - a ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading ...

Scientists have successfully zapped HIV out of infected cells — raising hopes of a cure for the chronic disease. The team from Amsterdam UMC used gene-editing technology to eliminate all traces of the ...