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Vaccine Research: New Tactics for Tackling HIV
Caption: Scanning electron micrograph of an HIV-infected immune cell.Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH For many of the viruses that make people sick—think measles,...
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Creative Minds: Teaming Math and Science for an HIV Cure
Alison Hill You may have heard about young mathematicians who’ve helped to design cooler cars, smarter phones, and even more successful sports teams. But do you know about the young mathematician who...
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Toward an AIDS-Free Generation: Can Antibodies Help?
Caption: Left: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); Right: VRC01 antibody (blue and green) binding to HIV (grey and red). The VRC01-HIV binding (red) takes place where the virus attaches to primary...
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AIDS Vaccine Research: Better By Design?
Caption: eOD-GT8 60mer nanoparticle based on the engineered protein eOD-GT8. Yellow shows where eOD-GT8 binds antibodies; white is the protein surface outside the binding site; light blue indicates the...
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Global Effort to End AIDS Would Save Millions of Lives
Scanning electromicrograph of an HIV-infected T cell/NIAID Almost 37 million people around the world are now infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS [1]. But many...
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Simplifying HIV Treatment: A Surprising New Lead
Caption: PET/CT imaging reveals a surprisingly high concentration (yellow, light green) of key immune cells called CD4 T cells in the colon (left) of an SIV-infected animal that received antibody...
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Snapshots of Life: Finding Where HIV Hides
Credit: Nadia Roan, University of California, San Francisco Researchers have learned a tremendous amount about how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, infects immune cells. Much...
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For HIV, Treatment is Prevention
For almost four decades, researchers have worked tirelessly to find a cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. There’s still more work to do, but a recent commentary...
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Working to End HIV Epidemic
On June 26, 2019, NIH hosted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Global-Domestic HIV Meeting at the Natcher Conference Center. It was an honor to be joined by HHS Secretary Alex Azar...
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Presenting a Government Hall of Famer
What an honor it was to present my colleague Tony Fauci, director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), for induction into the inaugural 20-member class of the...
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Finding HIV’s ‘Sweet Spot’
Each year, about 30,000 people in the United States contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS [1]. Thankfully, most can control their HIV infections with antiretroviral...
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Encouraging First-in-Human Results for a Promising HIV Vaccine
Researchers used a customized nanoparticle (top left) to learn more about guiding the immune system to mount a desired robust response, the type needed for an effective HIV vaccine. Credit: Donny...
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