New Antibody Shows Promise in Treating HIV

2000px-Red_Ribbon.svgAn experimental antibody therapy has shown promise in suppressing HIV infection, bringing optimism to the HIV field and suggesting new strategies for fighting or even preventing HIV.

Rockefeller University researchers have found that an experimental therapy, part of a new generation of so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies, can dramatically reduce the amount of virus present in a patient’s blood. The study was published this week in Nature.

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