Antibodies May Lead to Protection Against HIV

Courtesy washingtonpost.com - Health  Thu, 08/07/2008 - 23:00

Some long-term survivors of HIV infection produce rare and extremely potent antibodies that keep the disease from progressing to AIDS, and might point to a way to protect uninfected people from the virus, researchers reported yesterday in the closing hours of the 17th International AIDS Conferenc...


 

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