Monday, October 22, 2012

South Africa: Researchers' breakthrough may bring anti HIV vaccine closer

South African scientists have discovered how some people can make potent antibodies capable of neutralizing strains of HIV, taking researchers a step closer to developing a vaccine.

A vaccine that prevents HIV infection has proven elusive for decades, partly because there are many different varieties of the rapidly evolving virus. One of the strategies scientists are exploring is how to produce a vaccine that prompts the body to make "broadly acting antibodies" that combat multiple

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