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News item posted on 2015-06-11CSB Research Spotlight - Jens Meiler James Crowe Jr., Ph.D., and CSB Researcher and Chancellor Faculty Fellow Jens Meiler, Ph.D., recently reported findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation which suggest that computer-redesigned antibodies may speed the search for an effective therapy or vaccine for a virus that so far has eluded all attempts to eradicate it. With the help of a computer program called “Rosetta,” the researchers have “redesigned” an antibody that has increased potency and can neutralize more strains of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than can any known natural antibody. Visit Research News@Vanderbilt for the full story.
Author: Stephen M. Doster |