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Study findings on adenovirus are outlined in reports from Yokohama City University, Department of Molecular

Published in AIDS Weekly, February 23rd, 2009

New investigation results, 'Effect of therapeutic immunization using Ad5/35 and MVA vectors on SIV infection of rhesus monkeys undergoing antiretroviral therapy,' are detailed in a study published in Gene Therapy. According to a study from Yokohama, Japan, "Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively slows the progression of AIDS. However, drug resistance and/or toxicity can limit the utility of ART in many patients."

"In this study, we assessed whether a viral vector-based vaccine can be used as a therapeutic vaccine in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected monkeys. The effect of vaccinating SIVmac239-infected rhesus monkeys with an SIV gag and...

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