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Groundbreaking HIV vaccine design strategy shows promise in proof-of-principle tests

A new approach that targets young immune cells may also work for creating vaccines against the flu, dengue, malaria and hepatitis C. A collaborative team of scientists has made a successful proof-of-principle...

13 November, 2019

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New HIV vaccine promises to protect people against toughest strains

The federal government estimates that there are more than one million people living with HIV to date in the U.S. Among these people, one in every seven may not know that they are infected. Researchers from Scripps...

26 July, 2019

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Efficacy test of new HIV vaccine against multiple strains to be launched

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced a plan to carry out an HIV vaccine efficacy trial in North America, South America and Europe. This...

16 July, 2019

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HIV virus eliminated with CRISPR and new antiretroviral therapy

Replication-competent HIV-1 DNA – the virus responsible for AIDS – has been eliminated from the genomes of living animals for the first time. A US research team used CRISPR-Cas9 and a new therapy called long-acting slow...

8 July, 2019

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New insight on potent HIV antibody could improve vaccine design

Early mutation in neutralizing antibody gives it flexibility to adapt to virus’s changes In the quest to develop an effective HIV vaccine, researchers have focused attention on identifying and targeting the region...

21 February, 2019

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How HIV’s evasion tactics could help fight the flu

One vaccine. Lifetime immunity. This is the goal for thousands of researchers tackling one of the world’s most evasive pathogens – human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV has foiled both the immune system and vaccines...

3 January, 2017

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First new HIV vaccine efficacy study in 7 years has begun

South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among...

29 November, 2016

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Creating a functional cure for HIV

The addition of adjuvants to vaccines to stimulate the immune system toward the antigen being injected is a common practice of vaccine delivery. However, trying to awaken the reservoir of dormant viruses in combination...

14 November, 2016

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HIV vaccine: Historic trial begins

History will be made this week, when the first participant in a large-scale HIV vaccine trial receives a shot of the vaccine, designed to prevent a strain of HIV prevalent in southern Africa. Although vaccines are not...

1 November, 2016

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Antibody treatment surprisingly ‘cures’ monkeys of HIV-like infection

“Fascinating.” “A complete first.” “Striking.” “Too amazing to be real.” Those are some of the reactions researchers are having to a provocative, baffling monkey study...

17 October, 2016

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