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UCLA AIDS Institute Center For Aids Research

LEADING THE WAY

From the earliest days of the AIDS pandemic, UCLA has been at the forefront of HIV research.
UCLA researchers were the first to describe why early AIDS drugs failed; demonstrate clearance of HIV from an infected infant; identify, clone, and characterize HIV in the brain. 

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Committed to the Eradication of HIV Infection Worldwide Through Research and Clinical Care

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In the News

 

UCLA-engineered stem cells seek out and kill HIV in living organisms

 

Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, a team of UCLA researchers have now demonstrated that these cells can actually attack HIV-infected cells in a living organism. 

 

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INSIDER MAGAZINE

30 Years of AIDS at UCLA

Three Decades of cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art clinical care, as recalled by one of the univeristy's pioneer investigators

 

Reflections on the UCLA CARE Center's Last 20 Years. 

 

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Dance Marathon 2012

UCLA Pediatric AIDS Coalition President Erin Ward presented the AIDS Institute with a donation from the 2012 Dance Marathon. The funds will be used for the recently-created "PAC Dance Marathon Undergraduate Research Scholarships"
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Rated One of the Top Hospitals in the Nation for 22nd Consecutive Year