Giving antibodies to infant macaques exposed to an HIV-like virus could clear infection
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
Infant rhesus macaques treated with antibodies within 24 hours of being exposed to SHIV, a chimeric simian virus that bears the HIV envelope protein, were completely cleared of the virus. The study shows that antibodies given after a baby macaque has already been exposed to SHIV can clear the virus, a significant development in the HIV scientific community.