NIAID Scientists Reveal How a “Closed” Protein Structure Helps HIV Dodge Antibodies | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Thursday, January 17, 2019 NIAID Now: Scientists Reveal How a “Closed” Protein Structure Helps HIV Dodge Antibodies HIV is a master of sneaking past our natural defenses. Typically, when the body encounters a harmful virus, immune cells recognize viral proteins and stimulate the production of protective proteins called antibodies. HIV, however, has evolved several ways to cloak vulnerable areas of viral proteins. A report released last month from NIAID scientists in the journal MBio reveals new insights into one such tactic of immune invisibility.

NIAID Scientists Reveal How a “Closed” Protein Structure Helps HIV Dodge Antibodies | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases