Six animals suppressed AIDS virus after one shot of treatment that makes cell-receptor antibody.
Science news story
A gene-therapy approach to thwart the AIDS virus that has long struggled to gain traction may have new momentum after a study found it could “functionally cure” at least some monkeys.
In the experiment, researchers delivered a gene into the animals that produces an antibody blocking CCR5, a receptor on cell surfaces that HIV binds to establish an infection in people. Six monkeys infected with a labmade virus known as SHIV — a mashup of the AIDS virus and its simian cousin, SIV — have controlled their infections for more than 1 year after a single injection of this potential gene therapy.
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