HIV Vaccine Ready For Clinical Trials

amigoro writes with the happy news that a possible vaccine against HIV is nearing readiness for clinical trials. The compound could provide a 'double whammy' by not only inoculating the patient against future infection, but destroying an HIV infection in progress. "The vaccine is an artificial virus-like particle whose outer casing consists of the TBI (T- and B cell epitopes containing immunogen) protein constructed by the researchers combined with the polyglucin protein. This protein contains nine components stimulating different cells of the immune system: both the ones that produce antibodies and the ones that devour the newcomer."

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Woohoo!

[DNS-and-BIND]

As a homosexual, I must say this is great news! I really hate condoms, and this new vaccine will eliminate the need for them! We can go back to the glory days of the 70s, when you could just have sex with anyone you wanted to, with no consequences.

Re:But what if youv got the AIDS?

[xero314]

A retrovirus means the virus integrates itself into the host's genetic information. This is NOT harmless. Not only is it often harmless, retrovirus have been known to be beneficial. Retrovirus contain RNA which through reverse transcription modifies the hosts DNA. Large portions of DNA are useless garbage only there as place holders. If the Retrovorus modifies the useless space, introns, without modifying placement of the useful space, exons, then the retrovirus has no effect on the resulting mRNA. This is introductory genetics, and can be easily researched for free.

having something mess with your DNA is never to be desired. My only guess is that the AC who posted this does not believe in evolution, or believes evolution is never beneficial. But then again it's an AC so why should I care.

Again I'm not trying to justify either view of the HIV/AIDS debate, just clarifying some information in the previous comment.