RealFeedApp Antibody keeps HIV silent for four years in blood
A team led by virologist Jesse Deere and immunologist Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor from the University of California, Davis published a study in Nature Microbiology showing that an experimental antibody, used with early antiviral treatment, kept one monkey free of detectable SIV for four years after stopping medication.
- Field
- drugs and trials
- What they did
- Researchers tested an experimental antibody combined with early antiviral treatment in infant monkeys to suppress the SIV virus (a relative of HIV).
- Why it matters
- In one monkey, the virus remained undetectable in the blood for four years after treatment ended, showing the potential for long-term infection control.
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