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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 846–847 (1 November 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrd3035

HIV: A new starting point for HIV vaccine design

Monica Hoyos Flight

Identifying broadly neutralizing antibodies (BNAbs) against HIV, which recognize most manifestations of this highly mutable virus, is important in achieving the elusive goal of developing a viable HIV vaccine. However, although the BNAbs that have been identified are effective in primate models of HIV, they show limited potency against non-clade B viruses, which are responsible for most HIV infections outside Europe and North America.