Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS

Friday, September 4, 2009 - 11:56 in Health & Medicine

Scientists were able to isolate two antibodies responsible for resistance to the disease in an African patient. The discovery could be key to the development of a vaccine. After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent the virus from multiplying in the body and producing severe...

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