A live virus vaccine contains a live, weakened (attenuated) virus that helps your body develop an immune response without you developing symptoms of the disease it is intended to prevent. Examples ...
a rapid urine LAM test had low sensitivity for TB screening among newly-diagnosed HIV-infected adults, but improved sensitivity when combined with sputum smear microscopy.
Now, researchers have filmed the 'giant' virus Mimivirus in the process of ... Viruses typically cannot be seen under the familiar 'light microscope' available in school and university classrooms ...
Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, lightweight device that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and ...
Highly effective treatments for HIV have existed since the mid-1990s. While these treatments keep people healthy, we do not yet have a safe and scalable way to completely rid the body of the virus. In ...
HIV isn’t always transmitted through bodily fluids during sexual activity, so it’s not always an STI. The virus can also be transmitted through blood and breast milk. This means it could be ...
The National Institutes of Health is ripe for an overhaul after Republicans’ victories in Tuesday’s election. Republicans are slated to control the White House and the Senate and well ...
HIV, the AIDS virus, is a retrovirus. T cells infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (yellow-green) under scanning electron microscope. The Gag protein plays a central role in the assembly of ...