Biologists deliver neutralizing antibodies that protect against HIV infection in mice
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have been studying a group of potent antibodies that have the ability to neutralize HIV in the lab; Their hope is to create a vaccine that makes antibodies with similar properties. Now, biologists have taken one step closer to that goal: They have developed a way to deliver these antibodies to mice and, in so doing, have effectively protected them from HIV infection.