Using advanced optical microscopy techniques, her U of T lab examines the mechanisms that control B cell activation. Recently ...

Lipids are the fatty molecules that make up cellular membranes, creating a protective barrier that regulates what enters and ...

Never thinking that I will have a life, it's always been there." HIV is a virus that damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and disease.

Medical experts who reviewed the case for Newsweek said a routine blood test could have saved the 45-year-old's life.

Benjamin K. Chen, MD, PhD, discussed the next steps after the results of his study in genetic tagging showed promise in ...

Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these ...

This study, published in eLife on April 7, 2025, focused on broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs): a class of highly potent immune cells that latch onto a part of the HIV virus known as the membrane ...

Early on, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) typically causes flu ... attacks cells in your immune system known as CD4 cells. If untreated, HIV may progress to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ...

The Trump administration plans to remove all the members of a presidential advisory council on HIV/AIDS and provided no ...

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...