Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment may target viral reservoir in monkeys

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) After receiving a course of antiretroviral therapy for their HIV-like infection, half of a group of monkeys infused with a broadly neutralizing antibody to HIV paired with an immune stimulatory compound suppressed the virus for over 4 months without additional treatment, according to NIAID-supported scientists. The therapy may have targeted the viral reservoir. The addition of the immune stimulatory compound appears to have extended the...