HIV research is going through a resurgence that may perhaps lead to new ways to vaccinate against the AIDS virus and other viral diseases.

In a recent development, the U. S. Government scientists are of the say that they have been able to discover three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, the count more than any AIDS antibody discovered so far.

They are now positioning the technique that was used to find antibodies to recognize influenza viruses.

The HIV antibodies were discovered in the cells of a 60-year-old African-American gay man, who is known in the scientific literature as Donor 45, whose body could produce the antibodies in a natural way. The magic for scientists at the moment is to develop a vaccination or other methods to create anyone's body generate them as well.

That attempt will need a lot of hard work and toiling, said Gary Nabel, Director of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who was playing the leader of the research.

The research was published in the online edition of the journal Science on Thursday, 10 days before the opening of a large International AIDS Conference in Vienna where prevention science is projected to take centerstage.