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HIV/AIDS
Report summarizes HIV/AIDS study findings from California Institute of Technology
April 1st, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies are rare and have proved hard to elicit with any immunogen. We have tested in vitro the notion that such antibodies or other antiviral proteins could be made by lentivirus-mediated gene transfer into human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), followed by differentiation of the transduced cells into B cells, the most potent antibody-producing cells." "To do this, we have developed a highly efficient system for in vitro maturation of secreting B lymphocytes and plasma cells from CD34(+) HSPCs. It is a 3-stage, in vitro culture system that supports normal human B-lineage...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-01)
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