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HIV/AIDS
Study data from New York University provide new insights into HIV/AIDS
February 25th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "To design a vaccine that will remain potent against HIV-1, the immunogenic regions in the viral envelope that tend to change as well as those that remain constant over time must be identified. To determine the neutralization profiles of sequential viruses over time and study whether neutralization patterns correlate with sequence evolution, 12 broadly neutralizing plasmas from HIV-1 subtype B-infected individuals were tested for their ability to neutralize sequential primary HIV-1 subtype B viruses from four individuals." "Three patterns of neutralization were observed, including a loss of neutralization sensitivity by...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-25)
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