Thursday, January 17, 2019 NIAID Now: Scientists Reveal How a "Closed" Protein Structure Helps HIV Dodge Antibodies HIV is a master of sneaking past our natural defenses. Typically, when the body encounters a harmful virus, immune cells recognize viral proteins and stimulate the production of protective proteins called antibodies. HIV, however, has evolved several ways to cloak vulnerable areas of viral proteins. A report released last month from NIAID scientists in the journal MBio reveals new insights into one such tactic of immune invisibility. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107