HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Researchers at University of Wisconsin target HIV/AIDS vaccine
Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 16th, 2009
"An understanding of the mechanism(s) by which some individuals spontaneously control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/simian immunodeficiency virus replication may aid vaccine design. Approximately 50% of Indian rhesus macaques that express the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I allele Mamu-B*08 become elite controllers after infection with simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239," investigators in the United States report.
"Mamu-B*08 has a binding motif that is very similar to that of HLA-B27, a human MHC class I allele associated with the elite control of HIV, suggesting that SIVmac239-infected Mamu-B*08-positive (Mamu-B*08(+)) animals may be a good...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-12-16)
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