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February 02, 2021

A pair of University of Utah Health biochemistry professors received prestigious NIH MERIT awards.

October 08, 2020

Scientists at U of U Health have recreated in a test tube the first steps of infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS enabling identification of essential components the virus needs to replicate within its human host.

August 21, 2020

Scientists have developed an injectable drug that blocks HIV from entering cells.

May 15, 2020

COVID-19 is a new disease and there is limited information regarding risk factors for severe disease. Based on currently available information and clinical expertise, older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

October 23, 2017

During a session titled Health Disparities in Disease at the 2017 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference in Salt Lake City, three researchers tackled how disease affects the Hispanic community.

October 17, 2017

This $24 million grant, which will be distributed over five years, will empower research efforts to explore the fundamental structural biology of the HIV virus, from replication to infection.

September 27, 2017

The number of sexually transmitted diseases hit an all-time high in 2016. According to the Centers for Disease Control more than two million new cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia were reported in 2016.

November 17, 2015

Charlie Sheen is one of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States.

March 18, 2015

Kristen Ries cared for people with the illness before it even had a name; when an HIV diagnosis was an instant death sentence.

August 20, 2003

A human gene named ATR normally protects people by preventing the replication of cells damaged by radiation or toxic chemicals. Now, Utah and New York researchers have discovered how a gene in the AIDS virus hijacks the human gene.