Advances in HIV research - mice formed antibodies against HIV protein
Friday, May 15, 2009 - 01:01
in Biology & Nature
A research team at Oerebro University in Sweden has succeeded in changing the genes in plants so they can function as a vaccine against HIV. Through gene modification the plants have acquired the capacity to produce a protein that is part of the virus, and the project has taken a giant step forward in that mice that have been fed the plants have reacted and formed antibodies against the protein. The findings are presented in a new academic dissertation at the university...
