HIV/AIDS
Research Attributes Lack of HIV/AIDS Vaccine to Use of Chimpanzees
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, October 20th, 2008
"A return to the use of chimpanzees in AIDS research and vaccine development is without scientific justification," according to a paper released in the journal Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA). "An Assessment of the Role of Chimpanzees in AIDS Vaccine Research" concludes that vaccine responses in chimpanzees are not predictive of responses in humans, and that claims of chimpanzees' critical role and importance in AIDS vaccine development are without foundation.
The publication comes on the heels of recent vaccine failures in late-stage clinical trials, including one vaccine that appeared to increase vulnerability to HIV infection in human clinical trial...
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