"Spanish researchers have completed the first human trial of a new vaccine against HIV. It has been successful in 90% of the HIV-free volunteers during phase I testing. This vaccine brings great hope to eradicate this plague forever. "
Yet another country has made advances towards curing HIV. The whole AIDS epidemic is something that should have been managed earlier, and now it's obviously getting out of hand. One would argue that you could only get aids by having unprotected sex with shady individuals or doing other unsavory deeds. That's not entirely true though, but I won't get into that. 2.3 - 2.8 million people were believed to be infected with HIV in 2009, and it has a 100% fatality rating. To me, that makes the cure for HIV a necessity.
"The team lead by Dr Mariano Esteban, a researcher at the Spanish National Research Council's Biotechnology National Centre, has been working on this method since 1999. They are using an attenuated virus called the MVA-B, a variation of the Modified Ankara Vaccinia, which was previously used to eradicate smallpox. The Modified Ankara Vaccinia also forms the base of other vaccines. The B refers to the HIV-B, the most common HIV subtype in Europe.
Dr Esteban's team inserted the HIV genes Gag, Pol, Nef and Env in MVA's genetic sequence. In 2008, they tried the resulting HIV nuke on mice and monkeys. It was a complete success."
The rest of the story is here.
http://gizmodo.com/5844706/this-90-successful-vaccine-may-be-our-best-chance-to-eradicate-aids
A while back I posted an article bringing attention for a hopeful HIV cure, which involved rare DNA, bone marrow transplants, but completely cured a man who had aids. I was hoping, while not being a true "cure", that it was a step in an amazing direction. A man who had a 100% chance to die was saved, that just blew my mind. Unfortunately, I was wrong...nothing came of it...at all.
Before you read and try to troll on me, like last time, make sure you know that I'm NOT saying "ZOMG AIDS CURED YAAAAY" I'm saying that people in the world are making amazing steps and the day that HIV is a thing of the past seems to be getting closer. I know that this might not work, and I know that if it does it'll take a long time, but that doesn't stop me from being hopeful.
Yet another country has made advances towards curing HIV. The whole AIDS epidemic is something that should have been managed earlier, and now it's obviously getting out of hand. One would argue that you could only get aids by having unprotected sex with shady individuals or doing other unsavory deeds. That's not entirely true though, but I won't get into that. 2.3 - 2.8 million people were believed to be infected with HIV in 2009, and it has a 100% fatality rating. To me, that makes the cure for HIV a necessity.
"The team lead by Dr Mariano Esteban, a researcher at the Spanish National Research Council's Biotechnology National Centre, has been working on this method since 1999. They are using an attenuated virus called the MVA-B, a variation of the Modified Ankara Vaccinia, which was previously used to eradicate smallpox. The Modified Ankara Vaccinia also forms the base of other vaccines. The B refers to the HIV-B, the most common HIV subtype in Europe.
Dr Esteban's team inserted the HIV genes Gag, Pol, Nef and Env in MVA's genetic sequence. In 2008, they tried the resulting HIV nuke on mice and monkeys. It was a complete success."
The rest of the story is here.
http://gizmodo.com/5844706/this-90-successful-vaccine-may-be-our-best-chance-to-eradicate-aids
A while back I posted an article bringing attention for a hopeful HIV cure, which involved rare DNA, bone marrow transplants, but completely cured a man who had aids. I was hoping, while not being a true "cure", that it was a step in an amazing direction. A man who had a 100% chance to die was saved, that just blew my mind. Unfortunately, I was wrong...nothing came of it...at all.
Before you read and try to troll on me, like last time, make sure you know that I'm NOT saying "ZOMG AIDS CURED YAAAAY" I'm saying that people in the world are making amazing steps and the day that HIV is a thing of the past seems to be getting closer. I know that this might not work, and I know that if it does it'll take a long time, but that doesn't stop me from being hopeful.
