Drug companies were rushing to the market with the most effective drugs yet against the dreaded AIDS virus ... not at the virus itself, but at a portal through which HIV enters white blood ...

but this NOVA Hot Science isn't about the fight against the AIDS virus. Fighting Back instead takes a look at the battlefield where the fight takes place, putting you into the world of the immune ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD HIV and AIDS are related, but they are not the same thing. HIV (human immunodeficiency ...

HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus ... for AIDS – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV gradually weakens the body’s immune system by infecting and destroying white blood cells called ...