HIV/AIDS Vaccine Target (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Target

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The team funded by the CHAVI-ID grant is working on ways to help the immune system recognize and attack the HIV envelope trimer (shown here), which is masked by sugar molecules known collectively as the “glycan shield” (shown in blue).

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Courtesy of the Burton lab, the Scripps Research Institute

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