Scientists identify how a novel class of antibodies inhibits HIV infection

Monday, April 5, 2010 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified a set of naturally occurring antibodies that can block one of the key ways the AIDS virus gains entry into certain blood cells. They say the discovery, published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, expands traditional notions about how the immune system fights HIV and offers a potential new strategy for HIV vaccine design.

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