This image shows the replication cycle of HIV/SIV. The virus replicates in the body's own CD4+ T helper cells. In doing so, it introduces its own genetic information into the DNA of the host cell.

In particular, miR29 plays a key role in controlling the HIV life cycle. ... When either was altered, miR29s suppression of HIV replication and infectivity was reduced or eliminated.

A new antiretroviral target has been identified that suppresses HIV-1 replication and selectively kills HIV-1-infected cells. A collaboration of researchers led by Johns Hopkins University and the US ...