By studying elite controllers—people who are able to arrest the progress of HIV without medication—researchers have found a promising new path.
They represent a small minority of victims. But their illness could hold valuable lessons about how COVID-19 works—and how to stop it.
Can new approaches—a male contraceptive or a gel that stops disease as well as pregnancy—work better?
The critical shortage of organs isn’t going away. Revising the current guidelines about who should be a donor—and who should be a recipient—might save lives.
Health officials know how to stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. So why the growing epidemic?
Roderic Pettigrew is training a new hybrid specialty—half physician, half engineer.
Experts comment on the state of HIV/AIDS research and emerging strategies to mitigate the risks of human spaceflight.
Since the early 1980s, AIDS has killed more than 35 million people worldwide. But researchers are determined to find better treatments, cures and preventions that many finally put an end to the epidemic.
AIDS still kills, in numbers more vast than most people realize. But the right blend of science and policy could end the scourge.
A unique collaboration between an artist and a biomedical engineer moves HIV research forward.