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New Vaccine Could Turn HIV Into A "Minor Infection Like Herpes" |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
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| Tags: hiv, aids, csic, mariano esteban, vaccination, vaccine, treatment, herpes, scientists, labs, break throughs |
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That's right, folks. The research being done by the Spanish Superior Scientific Research Council (CSIC) is aiming to make the human immune system stronger so that the presence of the HIV virus isn't as impactful on the body. Details after the jump.
Researchers, headed by Mariano Esteban (pictured above), have successfully completed Phase I human clinical trials of a HIV vaccine. 90 percent of volunteers developed an immunological response against the virus.
The MVA-B vaccine uses the natural capabilities of the human immune system and "has proven to be as powerful as any other vaccine currently being studied, or even more," says Esteban.
The goal is to teach the immune system to withstand the virus: "Our body is full of lymphocytes, each of them programmed to fight against a different pathogen," Esteban added. "Training is needed when it involves a pathogen, like the HIV one, which cannot be naturally defeated."
According to CSIC, "if this genetic cocktail passes Phase II and Phase III future clinic trials, and makes it into production, in the future HIV could be compared to herpes virus nowadays."
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(Image source: CSIC)
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