References & Sources - January 16, 1999

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New AIDS Vaccine Stimulates Hope

A vaccine that generates HIV-neutralizing antibodies in mice offers a hint of what such a human AIDS vaccine might look like.

References:

LaCasse, R.A. . . . and J.H. Nunberg. 1999. Fusion-competent vaccines: Broad neutralization of primary isolates of HIV. Science 283(Jan. 15):357.

Montefiori, D.C., and J.P. Moore. 1999. Magic of the occult? Science 283(Jan. 15):336.

Further Readings:

Seppa, N. 1998. AIDS vaccine trial gets go-ahead. Science News 154(July 11):31.

Simpson, S. 1998. New drug keeps HIV out of cells. Science News 154(Nov. 7):292.

Travis, J. 1998. View of HIV infection crystallizing. Science News 154(July 25):56.

Sources:

David C. Montefiori
Duke University Medical Center
Center for AIDS Research
Department of Surgery
Durham, NC 27710

Jack H. Nunberg
University of Montana
Montana Biotechnology Center
Division of Biological Sciences
Missoula, MT 59812

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 3, January 16, 1999, p. 36. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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