Compositions are disclosed that induce broadly HIV therapeutic and vaccine
inducing antibodies against diverse HIV clades and relate to the ability
to identify HIV gp120-derived short peptide sequence immunogens and
various therapeutic compositions made from the identified peptides which
compose CCR5 binding sites. Also disclosed are methods of selecting
peptide sequences that are likely candidates for drugs which will offer
effective treatment in such areas as Alzheimer's disease, psoriasis,
multiple sclerosis and other diseases associated with the human
inflammatory cascade as well as related retroviruses such as HTLV-1, the
cause of tropical spastic paraparesis.