HIV/AIDS
Investigators at Duke University publish new data on HIV/AIDS
Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 20th, 2009
According to recent research published in the Journal of Virology, "The broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) 2F5 and 4E10, both targeting the highly conserved human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope membrane proximal external region (MPER), are among the MAbs with the broadest heterologous neutralizing activity and are of considerable interest for HIV-1 vaccine development."
"We have identified serum antibodies from an HIV-infected subject that both were broadly neutralizing and specifically targeted MPER epitopes that overlap the 2F5 epitope. These MPER-specific antibodies were made 15 to 20 months following transmission and...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-20)
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