Scientists Are Building an HIV Vaccine From the Molecule Up
New technology is changing the way vaccines get made, and HIV researchers are leading the way.
AN HIV DIAGNOSIS is a nightmare, but it is no longer a death sentence. Someday, vaccines might bat the virus out of your system without you ever knowing you’d been exposed. If successful, such a vaccine would effectively cure AIDS. Someday, maybe. So scientists are working on it. Like yesterday: Researchers published results to a promising study on primates infected with SIV, a monkey version of HIV. The study, published in Nature, used a special drug to awaken the virus, which made it easier for their novel vaccine to detect and snuff it out. This study is part of a new wave of HIV-focused vaccinology powered by troves of genetic data and atomic-scale engineering.
Scientists Are Building an HIV Vaccine From the Molecule Up
Source: Virology News
