Experimental HIV vaccine achieves a long-sought goal (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

Experimental HIV vaccine achieves a long-sought goal

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Scripps Research scientists developed a vaccine by coating nanoparticles with hundreds of copies of HIV's spike protein (left). When given sequentially to macaques, the vaccine led to antibodies (right, blue) that neutralized the spike protein (gray).

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Scripps Research and the Karolinska Institute

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