Batu69 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Doctor who invented HIV blood test now has a vaccine that could beat the virus Dr Robert Gallo is one of the scientists who co-discovered that the HIV virus causes AIDS in 1984 and also pioneered the blood test to detect it.Thirty-one years later, he and his team are beginning human trials on a potentially revolutionary HIV vaccine this month, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology.The team have been working on the vaccine for the past 15 years and have already tested it on monkeys.HIV infection, artwork At an event in Baltimore, Dr Gallo said: ‘The results in monkeys are interesting, but they’re not perfect if we keep just using monkeys, we’re never going anywhere. We need for humans to respond.’Vaccines typically target specific strains of HIV, but this works by attempting to block the HIV virus before it can invade the bodies T-Cells.Once the virus enters the T-Cells it becomes almost invisible to the body’s immune system, making it a lot more harder to treat.In a statement, Dr Gallo said: ‘Our HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate is designed to bind to the virus at the moment of infection, when many of the different strains of HIV found around the world can be neutralized.‘We believe this mechanism is a major prerequisite for an effective HIV preventive vaccine.’If this treatment clears the first trial phase, it will move on to Phase 2, at which point researchers will assess its effectiveness against HIV. But it could take years before it’s for sale.Still, a revolutionary step in the right direction.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akaneharuka Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Finally :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I wish it would happen... :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aang Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 it would be wonderfull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Might have a serious effect on condom industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Might have a serious effect on condom industries. Well I have known people to die with this.. and it probably would impact sales a little BUT on that note I would say that there are a whole lot more things out there to be caught which protection can help prevent.. ( including loosing 50% of your income for the next 20 years :P -per incident ).... use Bing and lookup STD, sexually transmitted disease, then go to images.. be sure to allow content in the results.. and tell me what you see.. I think if this is successful it would be a blessing.. to many people... I still think that unless I am missing the actually implication above.. that killing the virus all together would be even better but making a step this large in 35 years is astounding... Its horrible to me to think and/or be afraid to have sex or even love someone because of the possibilities of infections or disease... This part of human existence should never be cursed/tainted in this way, with fear and death as side effects hanging overhead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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