Newly discovered antibodies may boost AIDS vaccine research
Posted by Jennifer Eidelman | 9 Jul, 2010http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/61020/title/
Newly_discovered_antibodies_may_boost_AIDS_vaccine_research
Scientists have discovered three previously unknown human antibodies that neutralize HIV, two of which target a broad range of HIV strains. The findings, reported online July 8 in two Science papers, come less than a year after another team of researchers discovered two other antibodies that bind to and neutralize HIV.
The Article can be found in Journal of Virology June 10. [ePub ahead of print]
Crystal structure of PG16 and chimeric dissection with somatically related PG9: Structure-function analysis of two quaternary-specific antibodies that effectively neutralize HIV-1. Pancera, M and others.