Why so many antibodies fail to protect against HIV infection

Researchers have been stymied for years over the fact that people infected with the AIDS virus do indeed produce antibodies in response to the pathogen - antibodies that turn out to be ineffective in blocking infection. Now, scientists at Duke University Medical Centre can explain why: Some of the earliest and most abundant antibodies available to fight HIV can't actually 'see' the virus until after it's already invaded a healthy cell...

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