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We have had some promise with vaccine research lately, but this is now 20 years since we thought we would be able to just kill some virus, put it in there to prime the immune system for it, and have a vaccine in 2 years. The complexity of HIV is such that we need to advance our knowledge of the human immune system in order to respectfully be able to prevent HIV infection with a vaccination.

In the end, a vaccine nor a cure will be enough to eliminate the virus from circulation within the population.  The expense and difficulty of the medical intervention will be barriers, and the number of people involved make it impractical.  That is why a true effort to eradicate this virus will have to be the result of a collective behavioral approach using all of the technologies for transmisison intervention combined.

It can be done.  When all these people decide to work together, they can be unstoppable.

Friday, 21 September 2012 15:44

IAVI Efforts to Coordinate bNAbs

Written by Chris

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a global not-for-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world. Founded in 1996, IAVI works with partners in 25 countries to research, design and develop AIDS vaccine candidates.

Here you will find a video summary of their work on bNAbs as a method to derive an AIDS Vaccine.

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Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:13

Concise Overview of HIV Vaccine Development

Written by Chris

2.a A Vaccine is Difficult

 

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Here is my answer to the question on what's up regarding vaccines.

I thought it best to give you enough details for you to understand what is going on.

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Thursday, 19 May 2011 11:03

Vaccination Is Promising But Won't Work Alone

Written by Chris

AEGIS

National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - May 18, 2011

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes Of Health NIH News; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - May 11, 2011
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Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Thirty years since the first report of the disease we now know as AIDS, scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, continue advancing toward our goal of a vaccine to prevent HIV infection. I am optimistic that we will succeed.

We have scientific evidence that a safe and effective HIV vaccine is possible.

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