HIV/AIDS
Mymetics' HIV Vaccine Achieves Research Breakthrough, Eliciting Protective Antibody Response in Mucosal Tissues of Non-Human Primate Model
Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 11th, 2007
Mymetics Corporation (NASDAQ:MYMX.PK) announced that the Company's HIV vaccine elicited IgA mucosal antibodies in a non-human primate model. Mucosal IgA antibodies are considered a possible first line of defense against infection by HIV. The data were presented by Sylvain Fleury, Ph.D., Mymetics' Chief Scientific Officer in an oral presentation, "Without Mucosal Adjuvant, Virosomes-gp41 Peptides from the MPR can Elicit Protective Mucosal IgA in Vaccinated Macaques," at the Keystone Symposium, HIV Vaccines: From Basic Research to Clinical Trials. The meeting is being supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
"The results are a striking example of the progress we...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-04-11)
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