In a first for any animal, including humans, four cows injected with a type of HIV protein rapidly
produced powerful antibodies against the virus, researchers report.
Intensive efforts have attempted to find the proteins or peptides that could teach the immune system to
produce these powerful antibodies, yet none has made progress.
Not exact matches
«But if you could engineer a single strain, or maybe even a consortia of strains that grow together, to manufacture combinations of biologics or
antibodies, that could be a very
powerful way of
producing these drugs at a reasonable cost,» he says.
«A small fraction of people living with HIV can naturally
produce exceptionally
powerful and broad
antibodies that could prevent HIV from infecting their immune cells, but not until several years post-infection — long after that protection can help them.
The purpose of vaccines is to stimulate the immune system in a very
powerful way so it will
produce antibodies.