The
Sex - Until now there is no vaccine
that had been created to prevent HIV. But
researchers have found new hope, known antibodies
in breast milk (breast milk) can help stop the
HIV virus.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center was able to isolate antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi.
The results show B cells in breast milk may produce antibodies that can inhibit the virus that causes AIDS.
"Our work helped establish that B cells in breast milk can produce neutralizing antibodies to HIV. This is a route that might be explored for HIV-1 vaccine development," said Sallie Permar, MD, PhD, asistem professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at Duke University Medical Center, as quoted by Medindia on Wednesday (05/23/2012).
Isolation of this antibody is the first HIV antibody isolated from milk that reacts with HIV-1 envelope. It is important to understand how it works to attack HIV-1.
The study results were published on May 18 in PLoS One, the open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science.
The findings of two different antibodies that possess neutralizing HIV could help researchers investigate the transmission of adult to adult and mother to baby.
Permar said HIV-1 infection most often occurs in the mucosa of the body surface is covered with epithelial cells as in the gastrointestinal tract or vaginal tissue.
Studies conducted fairly is not easy to do this, a sample obtained from a group of women in Malawi who were recruited by the CHAVI for this study. Samples taken subsequently frozen and taken for analysis.
"Breastfeeding should be kept under the right conditions to melt and then performed testing B cells, and to isolate the antibody itself is a challenge," said Permar.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center was able to isolate antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi.
The results show B cells in breast milk may produce antibodies that can inhibit the virus that causes AIDS.
"Our work helped establish that B cells in breast milk can produce neutralizing antibodies to HIV. This is a route that might be explored for HIV-1 vaccine development," said Sallie Permar, MD, PhD, asistem professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at Duke University Medical Center, as quoted by Medindia on Wednesday (05/23/2012).
Isolation of this antibody is the first HIV antibody isolated from milk that reacts with HIV-1 envelope. It is important to understand how it works to attack HIV-1.
The study results were published on May 18 in PLoS One, the open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science.
The findings of two different antibodies that possess neutralizing HIV could help researchers investigate the transmission of adult to adult and mother to baby.
Permar said HIV-1 infection most often occurs in the mucosa of the body surface is covered with epithelial cells as in the gastrointestinal tract or vaginal tissue.
Studies conducted fairly is not easy to do this, a sample obtained from a group of women in Malawi who were recruited by the CHAVI for this study. Samples taken subsequently frozen and taken for analysis.
"Breastfeeding should be kept under the right conditions to melt and then performed testing B cells, and to isolate the antibody itself is a challenge," said Permar.
