Newly engineered antibody could kill off 99% of HIV strains

CDC/public domain Research carried out by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in conjunction with pharmaceutical firm Sanofi has produced an antibody capable of attacking 99 percent of HIV strains. The International Aids Society has heralded the finding as an “exciting breakthrough.” The human body has difficulty fighting HIV because of the way that […]

New antibody suppresses spread of HIV-1 in infected individuals

Enlarge / Scanning electron micrograph of HIV. Virions are the green spheres on the surface of blood cells. (credit: Getty | BSIP) Since its discovery and rapid spread in the 1980s, scientists and physicians have desperately tried to understand the HIV virus and develop effective treatments. Unfortunately, HIV is a tricky virus that evades typical […]