New hopes for HIV vaccine

New hopes for HIV vaccine Developed a new tool to identify «broadly neutralizing antibodies» (bNAbs) capable of preventing the infection of the majority HIV strains. The research, carried out by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and reported online in the journal Science, could help speed HIV vaccine research. Scientists have long studied HIV-infected [...]

HIV vaccine, stop from the USA

HIV vaccine, stop from the USA The US federal government has decided to stop trials of the experimental HIV vaccine after an independent data and safety monitoring board has found that it did not benefit patients. The HVTN 505 study has started in 2009 and was enrolled 2,504 volunteers at 21 sites in 19 cities in the [...]