Some scientist are taking a new approach to finding a vaccine of AIDs. In this article, scientists have started a new study where they are injecting mice with a protective gene against HIV. The problem scientists are having right now is trying to make the human body make antibodies for HIV. Their new approach is to inject a vaccine that does not try to train the body to make antibodies, but by inserting the proteins for it. This vaccine is still a new study, but scientists are finding it a good concept where it could lead them in the right direction.
I think that this new study is a great idea. Even though it is still in process and not yet been tested in humans, but i think it is a big step in finding a vaccine for HIV. This could also lead to finding a cure for AIDS, which would be very benefial to many people in the future.
This is a very interesting article, perhaps with enough testing we will see a cure to HIV in the near future. Are there any signs of the mice rejecting the vaccine?
ReplyDeleteIn addition to this study, there are also studies on humans that are completely resistant to AIDs. At the rate at which our medical biologists are tackling many medical feats, I project a cure in the very near future one way or another.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested to know more about the vaccine, as the poster stated above, do the mice reject it? and what is it made of?
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting, and a relief to see; even though HIV is no longer a death sentence, we don't have the resources to keep putting off finding an actual cure. There have been studies regarding mutations in the CCR5 gene (found in those naturally resistant to HIV) that have proven somewhat successful twice so far. Hopefully one of these studies results in some reliable cure sometime soon !
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