Dr. Wilton Williams: Discovery of I-Shaped Antibody Opens New Avenue to HIV Vaccine

About 38 million people worldwide are living with AIDS. Pharmaceutical treatments can keep the disease in check, but a vaccine remains elusive despite decades of concerted effort. However, a recent discovery at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) brings the goal of an effective vaccine within reach. 

“By the time the immune system realizes the virus is an invader, it’s too late,” says Wilton Williams, Ph.D., director of the DHVI Viral Genetic Analysis Core Facility and associate professor of surgery in the Duke University School of Medicine. “The virus has spread to areas where the immune system can’t get to it.”  

Learn more about this incredible breakthrough here.