Study makes HIV antibody discovery

A new study has claimed that researchers have been overlooking a key part of antibody functions in the fight against HIV.

Munir Alam, an associated in medicine from the Duke University Medical Center and author of a new paper set to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, made the comment.

His work has looked into how antibodies can block the HIV virus affecting healthy cells.

The research indicated that two robust antibodies perform this action through binding the outer coat of the membrane proximal region.

However, the experts uncovered that the target area of the virus remains open for only a short period of time.

Mr Alam commented: "Unless the antibody is very close by and ready to home in on it, it won't work. That means our goal has to be the creation of a vaccine that can induce a whole lot more of these antibodies and have them ready to go at the earliest moment of infection."

Last week, a study at Yale University, which was published in the Journal of American Chemical Society, detailed the creation of synthetic molecules that could improve the body's immunity to HIV.

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