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2010-09-11 12:52:31am
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Fat South Africans in denialSouth Africans are a nation of people in denial when it comes to perceptions of how overweight, unfit and unhealthy they are. In a recent national health survey measuring the health of the nation, it was found that 74% of South Africans think their fellow citizens are overweight, while only 34% of people considered themselves as overweight or obese. Click here to view page. |
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bNAbs could help in search for an AIDS vaccine
- Science paper - Q and A - Research partners press release  Researchers have made what could be a significant discovery in the long-term search for an AIDS vaccine, identifying two new broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV (bNAbs for short) that reveal what may be an Achilles heel on the virus. These bNAbs are the first to have been identified in more than a decade, and also the first to have been isolated from donors in developing countries, where the majority of new HIV infections occur. The research paper published in Science magazine reveals that researchers at IAVI, The Scripps Research Institute, Theraclone Sciences and Monogram Biosciences will now try to exploit the newfound vulnerability on the virus to craft novel approaches to designing an AIDS vaccine. What’s more, the global collaboration and process that led to the discovery of the two new broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) are likely to produce more such antibodies, which may in turn reveal additional vulnerabilities of HIV, adding still more vitality to the effort to develop a vaccine against AIDS. Please note documents at the top of the article.
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