Scientists Find Antibodies that Prevent Most HIV Strains from Infecting Human Cells

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FractalBob 1 year ago

Two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory have been discovered by scientists lead by a team from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center.

According to the scientists, these antibodies could be used to design improved HIV vaccines, or could be further developed to prevent or treat HIV infection. Moreover, the method used to find these antibodies could be applied to isolate therapeutic antibodies for other infectious diseases as well.

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Hidden News: Possible HIV Cure Found

Quanta — Jul 15, 2010

In 2008 the Wall Street Journal published an article which described how an HIV+ man being treated for leukaemia was apparently CURED of HIV - 10 years after his diagnosis - when given a bone-marrow transplant from a stem-cell donor who had a gene mutation CCR5-delta32, which has been known to be linked to a marked lack of HIV observed in gay men, even though egaging in risky sexual behaviours, who carry the relatively-rare gene mutation.

See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602394113507555.html

Although there are some risks involved, research into this "gene-therapy" cure is still in progress. A Google search for news on "ccr5-delta 32 mutation" turned up a few current articles, many of them from other countries' news sources. And as far as I know, US clinical trials aren't expected to begin for at least the next 4 years.

Stace Tussel