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A vaccine that prevents HIV could be on the horizon after scientists developed an injection that protected monkeys against repeated exposures to the nonhuman version of the virus.
The injection contains HIV proteins to prime the body against a virus attack as well as a protein called GM-CSF, which triggers the body's immune response. This causes the body to release antibodies that block the virus from entering the cells.
The study from Emory University in Atlanta, is one of the first to uncover a vaccine that actively stops the virus from becoming acquired. Most have merely been able to control levels of the virus post-infection, with previous studies that have made similar claims later dismissed as inaccurate or too small-scale.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz1oYKcoRaW
The injection contains HIV proteins to prime the body against a virus attack as well as a protein called GM-CSF, which triggers the body's immune response. This causes the body to release antibodies that block the virus from entering the cells.
The study from Emory University in Atlanta, is one of the first to uncover a vaccine that actively stops the virus from becoming acquired. Most have merely been able to control levels of the virus post-infection, with previous studies that have made similar claims later dismissed as inaccurate or too small-scale.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz1oYKcoRaW