Single dose of antibodies can knock out HIV in newborns

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

A single dose of an antibody-based treatment can prevent HIV transmission from mother to baby, new nonhuman primate research suggests for the first time. The findings are being published in the journal Nature Communications. When that single dose is given is key, however. The study found rhesus macaque newborns did not develop the monkey form of … Continue reading Single dose of antibodies can knock out HIV in newborns

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