On July 8, the National Institutes of Health reported that two antibodies have been pinpointed by government scientists that could possibly prevent 90 percent of the currently known HIV strains from infecting cells.
The agency claims that NIH scientists are confident that the two antibodies can be utilized to make more powerful HIV vaccines or more improved treatments for the ominous condition.
Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which performed the research, said that “The discovery of these exceptionally broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV and the structural analysis that explains how they work are exciting advances that will accelerate our efforts to find a preventive HIV vaccine for global use.” Details were published in the online edition of the Journal Science.
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