HIV resistance to lenacapavir weakens the virus's ability to replicate

Lenacapavir (LEN) is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and was first approved for individuals with ...
C&EN

HIV can develop resistance to lenacapavir, but at a cost to the virus

Since its first approval in 2022, Gilead Sciences’ lenacapavir—a twice-yearly injectable—has come to be a potential game ...
Nature

HIV Resistant Mutation

HIV virus is one of the most pressing health concerns facing the modern world. Since the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in 1981, over 25 million people have died. Out of the millions of people ...
Morning Overview on MSN

The 'mutant' humans who shrug off every known virus

Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...
Newsweek

COVID Virus Is Evolving Resistance to Antiviral Treatment, Studies Show

The virus that causes COVID-19 might be becoming resistant to antiviral treatments, new research has warned. But should we be concerned? The antiviral drugs nirmatrelvir and remdesivir are recommended ...
Science Daily

Scientists sent viruses to space and they evolved in surprising ways

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...
Forbes

Worrying Signals Emerge As Bird Flu Gains Resistance Mutation

Tamiflu, the same antiviral used to treat ordinary seasonal influenza, is the front line medication recommended for treating highly pathogenic bird flu (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Images via Getty Images) ...
IFLScience

COVID-19 Virus Can Develop Drug Resistance – But Not Very Often, And Not For Long

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...