AIDS Therapies (Drug Resistance)

Researchers Discover Factor in HIV Infection Resistance

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 18th, 1996

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute researchers have discovered an immune trait which may promote resistance to HIV infection and have implications for the development of a vaccine to prevent HIV transmission.

The UCLA researchers found that homosexual men who had high levels of an antibody called VH3 were relatively resistant to HIV infection by sexual contact.

A UCLA study in the October 1996 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation revealed a component of natural immunity which may protect some individuals from HIV. UCLA investigators, led by Dr. Jonathan Braun, have found that the blood of some individuals is rich...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1996-11-18)

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