Long-acting antiviral medications are transforming HIV prevention and care, requiring only minimalistic dosing. But as the use of lenacapavir expands, scientists are probing a critical question: If ...
The tiny shell protecting the HIV virus resembles a slightly rounded ice cream cone, but there is nothing sweet about it. More than 40 million people worldwide live with AIDS because of this virus, ...
A novel bioengineering strategy utilizing peptide display technology on the AAV1 capsid has successfully generated ...
Significant variability exists in adeno-associated virus (AAV) measurement methods, especially with polymerase chain reaction-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA), highlighting the need for ...
The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of ...
U.K. scientists have used mass spectrometry to look in detail at how adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) release their genetic cargo when infecting host cells. The team, from the University of Leeds, ...
From a virus's point of view, invading our cells is a matter of survival. The virus makes a living by highjacking cellular processes to produce more of the proteins that make it up. From our point of ...
A giant DNA virus pulled from a Japanese freshwater pond is forcing scientists to rethink how complex cells first acquired their defining feature: the nucleus. Named ushikuvirus, the newly ...
Gilead Sciences announced a significant milestone: the U.S. FDA accepted their New Drug Applications (NDAs) for lenacapavir (LEN), a groundbreaking twice-yearly injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor for ...