Trial brings researchers closer to an antibody treatment for HIV

Although an effective therapy is still some years off, trial using high doses of antibody reduced HIV levels in patients' blood systems 300-fold

Researchers are a step closer towards an antibody treatment for HIV, after trials of an experimental therapy reduced the amount of virus in patients' blood.

A small trial in 17 HIV patients found that high doses of an antibody could slash levels of virus in patients' bodies, though scientists warned that an effective therapy was still years off.