Combined HIV vaccines can act in concert to achieve diverse antibody priming

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology, Scripps Research, and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard report coordinated studies showing that several HIV germline-targeting immunogens ...
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Antibody-Positive Yet HIV RNA-Negative Child?

I am responsible for the care of HIV-infected and exposed children at my hospital in Curicica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We have about 70 infected children. I care for an 11-year-old girl who was ...
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Scientists Discover Antibody that Blocks 98% of HIV Strains

The antibody, called 04_A06, blocked 98.5% of more than 300 different HIV strains in lab tests, including many resistant to ...
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First-in-humans test provides promising results for a broadly neutralizing antibody HIV vaccine

A Phase 1 clinical trial provides promising results for a broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) HIV vaccine, according to a new study. The findings of this first-in-humans test establish a clinical ...
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Lifesaving new antibody blocks 98.5% of all known HIV strains

In what may be one of the most important HIV research breakthroughs in years, scientists have discovered a strikingly powerful antibody, called 04_A06, that is able to neutralize nearly all of the ...
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Broad HIV Antibody Neutralizes 98.5% of Strains

An international research team led by the University of Cologne has discovered an antibody that could advance the fight against HIV. The newly identified antibody 04_A06 proved to be particularly ...

Jharkhand: Five children with thalassemia test HIV-positive in Chaibasa, probe ordered

Initial investigations by a five-member team indicated that at least one of the thalassemia patients received contaminated ...