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Live-Virus Vaccine Blocks AIDS In Monkeys

Posted by timothy on from the still-a-long-way-to-go dept.

joestump98 writes: "Using a weakened form of a virus commonly found in livestock and engineered to carry AIDS virus protiens, researchers have successfully protected monkeys from the deadly disease. They say it holds great promise for humans. The lead researcher says he hopes to have FDA approval within a year(!) and wishes they could start working with the drug in areas devastated by AIDS right away."

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  1. Re:but then .. by matrix0040 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes the effect may not be the same, but that's what the human testing is aimed at finding out. This has been the case with many vaccines in the past. Just because it has different reaction on humans and animals doesn't really mean that it won't be effective in humans.
    But that's a question only human testing can answer.