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A potential new HIV treatment has a "profound and unprecedented" impact on the virus, according to animal studies published in the journal Nature.
Potent antibodies were able to wipe a hybrid of human and monkey immunodeficiency viruses from the bloodstream of monkeys within days.
The findings could "revolutionise" the search for an HIV cure, say experts.
The US researchers said trials in patients with HIV now needed to take place.
The immune system produces precisely targeted antibodies to take out HIV, but the virus is able to rapidly mutate to evade the immune assault.
However, some antibodies have been discovered that target the "conserved" parts of HIV - those that the virus struggles to change because they are vital for it to function.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24745611
Potent antibodies were able to wipe a hybrid of human and monkey immunodeficiency viruses from the bloodstream of monkeys within days.
The findings could "revolutionise" the search for an HIV cure, say experts.
The US researchers said trials in patients with HIV now needed to take place.
The immune system produces precisely targeted antibodies to take out HIV, but the virus is able to rapidly mutate to evade the immune assault.
However, some antibodies have been discovered that target the "conserved" parts of HIV - those that the virus struggles to change because they are vital for it to function.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24745611