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AIDS Vaccine: What Promise Do HIV Antibodies Hold?

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:23 PM EDT
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In the continuing search for the Achilles heel of HIV, researchers may finally be enjoying some success.

This week, government researchers at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) reported the discovery of two naturally occurring antibodies that may block HIV. Describing their work in two separate papers in the journal Science, AIDS experts said that in lab experiments, the antibodies had successfully prevented more than 90% of circulating HIV strains from infecting human cells.

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The two sets of antibodies target different regions of the virus-cell interface — together they could help scientists develop a formidable vaccine against AIDS, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID. "The strategy is going to be to put the best antibodies together, and you are going to have a whopper against HIV," he says.

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Reply#1 - Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:23 PM EDT
Rygar

I fully support all research into this area :)

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Reply#2 - Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:51 PM EDT
McSpocky

This could be a major breakthrough in the fight against HIV.

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#2.1 - Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:59 PM EDT
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