HIV

Discovered viruses that make DNA from an RNA template. David Baltimore | Photo: NIH, via Wikimedia Commons

The researcher who ran viruses backwards: David Baltimore (1938–2025)

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Nobel Prize winner who identified reverse transcriptase, formulated the “Baltimore Classification” and laid the foundations for modern virology, PCR and antiviral drugs
Transferring medical information via chatbot. Illustration:

AI-based chatbots provide false health information up to 90% of the time

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First-of-its-kind study finds leading AI systems can be easily programmed to spread misinformation about health issues – including false references to scientific sources
Prof. Pamela Bjorkman wins the 2025 Wolf Prize in Medicine. Photo: Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Medicine 2025: Recognition of Prof. Pamela Bjorkman for her pioneering contributions to the understanding of viral defense mechanisms

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Prof. Pamela Bjorkman from the California Institute of Technology won the prestigious award for developing innovative antibody-focused approaches to combat viruses and establishing an infrastructure for advanced vaccine research.
genetically modified fetus. Illustration: shutterstock

A Russian scientist plans to genetically engineer babies by the end of 2019 - and the scientific bodies admit that they are unable to stop him

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Illustration: pixabay.

The resistance mechanism of the FIV virus, which causes "feline AIDS" has been revealed

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria responsible for gonorrhea. Source: NIAID.

Receive results of tests to detect sexually transmitted diseases within a few hours

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The variety of physical features, the size of the genomes and the lifestyles of viruses all make their classification difficult. New research uses protein folding as evidence that viruses are living creatures that belong in their own branch of the branch of life. [Courtesy of Julie McMahon]

Are viruses living things?

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HIV viruses attack a cell. Illustration: shutterstock

The virus that does not infect directly

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Associate Professor Akram Alian from the Faculty of Biology at the Technion. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Researchers at the Faculty of Biology at the Technion propose a new strategy to combat the HIV-1 virus

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Dr. Daniel Albirt, Kaplan Medical Center

Will AIDS turn from a chronic disease to a fatal disease again??

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immune system cells. Source: Wikimedia Commons

No entry to HIV / Carl John and Bruce Levine

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Schematic diagram of HIV. From Wikipedia

Health - the secrets of HIV control / Bruce D. Walker

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Schematic diagram of HIV. From Wikipedia

The medicine worth its weight in gold

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Pictured: Black colobus, one of the species found to be positive for the SIV virus. Photo: Rich Bergl, North Carolina Zoo, and courtesy of Dr. Gail Hearn, Biodiversity Conservation Program (BBPP)

Monkey Island: in search of the origin of the AIDS disease

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Schematic diagram of HIV. From Wikipedia

Determining protein structure will help cure AIDS

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Dr. Aya Sofer

A researcher from IBM Haifa will manage the field of data analysis at IBM in the world * First application: adapting drugs for AIDS

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of AIDS and the discovery of the link between the papilloma virus and cervical cancer

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

IBM Haifa researchers have developed a system for choosing an appropriate drug combination in the treatment of AIDS patients

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