With the help of two proteins that enhance the immune system’s response to infection, an experimental AIDS vaccine has kept rhesus monkeys healthy for more than 4 months after they were exposed to a virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
The monkeys still became infected with the virus, which in this case was a fusion of simian and human immunodeficiency viruses (SIV and HIV).
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