Antibodies that latch onto viral proteins can suppress HIV-like disease in rhesus macaques for weeks or even months, researchers report October 30 in two studies in Nature. Such antibodies, patterned after ones made in rare people who are able to hold HIV infection in check, might someday benefit other patients chronically infected with HIV, say the research teams.
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