This is pretty ingenious and elegant stuff. Suppress the type of protein expression that the virus requires.
A combination of the inactivated virus and a living adjuvant (live bacteria) stimulated a protein of a new class. The new major histocompatability molecule suppresses another which the virus requires for infecting cells. When the virus attempts to infect, the new molecule suppresses the virus targeted cell. In the monkey model, the macaques were fully protected up to two years after the vaccine was given.
By a long shot, this is one of the more promising candidates to have come along.
HIV & AIDS Information :: Novel immune-suppressant vaccine completely blocks HIV infection in monkeys: human trials planned
A combination of the inactivated virus and a living adjuvant (live bacteria) stimulated a protein of a new class. The new major histocompatability molecule suppresses another which the virus requires for infecting cells. When the virus attempts to infect, the new molecule suppresses the virus targeted cell. In the monkey model, the macaques were fully protected up to two years after the vaccine was given.
By a long shot, this is one of the more promising candidates to have come along.
HIV & AIDS Information :: Novel immune-suppressant vaccine completely blocks HIV infection in monkeys: human trials planned