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Monday, May 18, 2009

HIV Antibodies Produced by Muscle


In this report, the researchers describe experiments where they injected a gene into muscle tissue that was then used to successfully produce antibodies against SIV (the monkey version of HIV).  The monkeys were then infected with SIV.  The monkeys that had the gene inserted did not become infected, but most of those that did not ended up dying of AIDS.  The paper will be published in Nature Medicine.

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