[News Focus] Immunology: Bound for Glory

Science 13 September 2013:
Vol. 341 no. 6151 pp. 1168-1171
DOI: 10.1126/science.341.6151.1168 Immunology Immunology A key reason the HIV vaccine search has struggled for nearly 30 years is because so many variants of the virus exist that it easily dodges antibody attack. But recently, researchers have discovered highly potent antibodies that work against more than 100 HIV variants. Intensive efforts are now under way to design vaccines that can stimulate the immune system to produce high levels of these so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies.

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