Gene therapy used to protect against HIV transmission

Doctors have started to use gene therapy as a way to protect from HIV transmission. They decided to use this form of therapy since vaccines don’t work against it. The disease has managed to mutate so many times and those mutations effectively protect themselves against attack from antibodies. This method of gene therapy was based off the successful experiments on monkeys who have the simian version of HIV.
The doctors started of experimenting on mice using 5 different antibodies. Out of the five, two of the antibodies completely protected the mice against HIV transmission, and continued to do so after even after a year. Despite success in monkeys and mice, doctors are wary about how successful this form of treatment would be in humans.
This is interesting because after all this time a possible form of treatment for HIV has been found after many failed attempts. Although this treatment can negatively affect some who may have adverse reactions to the antibodies, there will be many more who will benefit from this treatment.

http://www.nature.com/news/gene-therapy-can-protect-against-hiv-1.9516