A DNA scaffold that carries HIV vaccine proteins into the body sharpens the immune response against the virus.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have led the clinical development of the first non-integrase strand-transfer inhibitor (INSTI) single tablet treatment for HIV, among growing concern for ...

International guidelines recommend anal and liver surveillance for people with HIV, but Brazil lacks a national protocol; clinicians should integrate screening and vaccination.

By Sharon AtienoSouth Africa has unveiled the first-in-human clinical trial of an HIV vaccine specifically targeting strains in Southern Africa.The Eastern and Southern Africa region carries the ...

South Africa has begun the first human trials of a locally developed HIV vaccine to defeat a virus that still kills around one person per minute worldwide.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is thrilled by the news of vaccine trials for HIV. While in an early trial phase, this shows South Africa's brilliant medical research capabilities. This is a moment of ...

Researchers developed a DNA-scaffolded vaccine that achieves the first step in generating a significant population of B cells that produce broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.

The history of the hepatitis B vaccine has been marked by controversies, from the ‘Australia antigen’ to the ‘Pediatric ...

SOUTH Africa is once again at the forefront of global health innovation, as locally led human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine trials signal a potential turning point in the decades-long fight ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., spent much of a Senate committee hearing dancing around direct answers—except when it came to vaccines, a topic in which ...

"Duesberg was a pioneer of disinformation on infectious disease," says John P. Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College and the author of a devastating 1996 ...

While now-common antiviral drugs (AVRs) knock back levels of HIV in both blood and tissues, they don’t overcome one major ...