Friday March 20, 2009
Handful of 20-year HIV survivors hold key to discovering vaccine
Steve Connor
Independent
Researchers are looking into the antibodies that provide natural immunity
In a desperate attempt to reverse 25 years of failure to develop an Aids vaccine, scientists have a new approach: studying people who have been infected with HIV for many years without any signs of ill-health. The patients' secret? Natural immunity.
The researchers have investigated the virus-fighting antibodies found in the blood of six long-term survivors of HIV whose own immune systems appear to be capable of shrugging off the virus.
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