Researchers have identified a potentially powerful new treatment for HIV infection that would use recently discovered antibodies to disable the virus, a finding that promises to energize research in both prevention and treatment.

Two studies published Wednesday online in the journal Nature found that administering a round of potent human antibodies to monkeys infected with a hybrid version of HIV caused the amount of virus in their bodies to drop to low or undetectable levels that were sustained for weeks.

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