The findings may help researchers learn more about steering infants' immune development away from inflammatory, allergy-prone pathways.

For his research on HIV-1 resistance in monkeys, Matt Stremlau has been named the grand prize winner and the North American regional winner of the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists.

Stremlau’s prize-winning essay, to be published in the 7 December issue of Science, details the path he and his colleagues followed to determine why Old World monkeys are resistant to HIV-1.