HIV antibody discoevred

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Antibodies recognize surface proteins that are antigenic. Viruses like Influenza or HIV are undergoing mutations at a rate that modifies these surface antigens quite quickly. Soon enough, the antigen will be different enough to no longer be recognized by the antibody.

Thanks for the information. I'm not a medical biochemist so I'm not that expert on judging how viable this thing is. I also had no idea influenza and HIV were similar and in what respects, but what you said makes sense. If HIV is like influenza in that aspect, though, there isn't much hope of finding a definitive cure, or is there?