HIV/AIDS Prevention

Data published online suggesting potential HIV prevention in mice

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, May 22nd, 2005

The Immune Response Corporation (IMNR), a biopharmaceutical immune-based therapy company in the areas of in HIV and multiple sclerosis, announced a preclinical study demonstrating the potential for a gp120-deleted HIV-1 antigen, a component of Remune, with a CpG oligonucleotide adjuvant to have a protective role when administered to Trimera mice prior to HIV infection challenge.

The results of this study in mice were published by the FASEB Journal online.

"This publication tends to validate the animal model and the potential for an HIV-1 antigen as a preventive therapy. While this is very exciting research, it is too early to make comparisons...

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