Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 16th, 2006
Study 1: Scientists have developed a candidate DNA/MVA HIV-1 subtype C vaccine for India.
According to scientists writing in the journal Vaccine, "Development of a vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) is the mainstay for controlling the AIDS pandemic. An ideal HIV vaccine should induce neutralizing antibodies, CD4+ helper T cells, and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells. While the induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies remains a highly challenging goal, there are a number of technologies capable of inducing potent cell-mediated responses in animal...
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