This illustration shows HIV particles, in yellow, budding from the membrane of an infected cell.
School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates, and how easily or stubbornly it can reawaken from hiding. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ways to flush out the dormant virus and eliminate it for good.
Thanks to remarkable progress in HIV treatment, the…