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#2: Altered Immune Cells Block HIV
Lab-made proteins are revolutionizing AIDS therapy by retrofitting the immune system so it resists HIV. Human trials are already under way. 01.05.2012
#67: Gamers Solve HIV Riddle
Computer geeks figure out the shape of AIDS-related virus in 10 days. 12.22.2011
The End of AIDS
Beyond the drug cocktail. Beyond a vaccine. Scientists are talking about total cure. 11.08.2011
Can Bill Gates Buy a Better World?
The billionaire's foundation has been criticized for being insider-ish and attention-grabbing, but the organization has recently had some big successes. 02.04.2011
#20: AIDS Virus Has an Ancient History
12.16.2010
The 100 Top Science Stories of 2010
Every year DISCOVER sorts through the scientific accomplishments of the past 12 months, and assembles a list of the coolest experiments, most brilliant discoveries, and most world-changing events. As you page through the countdown to the #1 science story, we think you'll come to the same conclusion we did: 2010 was quite a year. 12.16.2010
#13: Hope for HIV Vaccine
In the unforgiving world of AIDS vaccines, even a modestly protective effect is big news. 01.25.2010
#34: Anti-Malaria Gene Boosts HIV Vulnerability
An adaptation against tropical disease makes people of African descent more prone to AIDS. 12.16.2008
#47: Biologists Watch HIV Replicate in Real Time
Using fluorescent proteins, researchers observer the virus forming. 12.13.2008
#54: An “Elite” Immune System Can Prevent AIDS
A select few infected with HIV never become ill. 12.12.2008
Zapping HIV With Lasers
Lasers set to the right frequency may effectively knock out the virus. 06.10.2008
AIDS "Dissident" Seeks Redemption... and a Cure for Cancer
Biologist Peter Duesberg was all but banished from science for his views on HIV. 05.15.2008
35. First New Class Of HIV Drugs in 10 Years
12.28.2007
Meth's Double Jeopardy
Meth makes cells more susceptible to HIV. 11.01.2006
Questioning the HIV Hive Mind?
An interview with Celia Farber, long-serving chronicler of HIV dissidents. 10.19.2006
The Discover Interview: David Baltimore
The retiring president of Caltech delivers some straight talk on AIDS research, celebrity science, and his role in one of the most talked-about fraud scandals of the past 25 years. 09.01.2006
The Year in Science: Politics
01.08.2006
The Year in Science: Medicine
The human gut's vulnerable to HIV, Race-based drugs approved, fetal skin grafts mend burns, and more. 01.08.2006
Monkeys Take a Swipe at AIDS
09.30.2004
Discover Data
03.28.2004
Why is AIDS Worse in Africa?
The rate of infection in some parts of the continent is 100 times higher than in the United States, yet sexual activity is similar. Epidemiologists, forced to reconsider their theories of how the disease spreads, have come up with surprising new insights. 02.05.2004
African AIDS: Not About the Needles?
07.01.2003
Why Do So Many Africans Get AIDS?
06.01.2003
Genetics
01.01.2003
Leaping Viruses
07.01.2002
Politics of Science
Year In Science 01.13.2002
By the Numbers: Taming Sex Diseases
09.01.2001
Hookers & Haulers
05.01.2000
Advancing on AIDS
03.01.2000
Brave, Braver, Bravest
A couple with HIV who long for their own child muster the courage to face the consequences 11.01.1999
Vital Signs
A couple with HIV who long for their own child muster the courage to face the consequences 11.01.1999
The Year in Science: AIDS 1997
Hope at a Price 01.01.1998
The Year in Science: AIDS 1997
HIV's Harpoon 01.01.1998
The Dream Vaccine
The world craves an effective, risk-free vaccine against recalcitrant foes like AIDS and malaria. Creating mock infections with tiny rings of bacterial DNA may be the answer. 09.01.1997
Immune to a Plague
A few lucky individuals won't ever contract AIDS: they're genetically immune. And the more we learn about how their genes protect them, the closer we come to protecting all of us. 06.01.1997
An Ancient Immunity
01.01.1997
The Second Key
01.01.1997
The Pandemic Continues
01.01.1997
Crushing HIV
01.01.1997
Babies Who Beat AIDS
06.01.1996
A Shot in the Dark
The world's first large-scale AIDS vaccine trial will soon begin in Thailand. 06.01.1996
Vaccine Dreams
01.01.1996
A Deadly Specter
09.01.1995
The Killer Cat Virus That Doesn't Kill Cats
Can we learn from a feline? Over millions of years, wild cats have learned how to live with a virus quite similar to one that's killing us. 07.01.1995
The Race Against AIDS
05.01.1995
Of Myths and Mischief
12.01.1994
Vital Signs: A Deadly Masquerade
06.01.1994
Watch Where You Walk
04.01.1994
The Long Shot
What the world needs now, more than ever, is a good AIDS vaccine. Why don't we have one? 08.01.1993
Blood Money
Why are French hemophiliacs dying of AIDS? Because French officials knowingly gave them tainted blood. 08.01.1993
The Baron Strikes Again
07.01.1993
Diversity Equals Death
05.01.1992
Weed on Parole
03.01.1992
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