Scientists have announced that a candidate AIDS vaccine which triggered an immune response in humans and shielded monkeys from infection, has passed its key early test.


The AIDS vaccine which is an output of a 40-year quest for an AIDS cure, proved to be safe in humans and has now advanced to the next phase of the pre-approval trial process. It will now be tested in 2,600 women in southern Africa to see whether it prevents HIV infection.

Though the trials so far has been encouraging, the research team and outside experts warn there are no guarantees it will actually work in the next trial phase dubbed HVTN705 or “Imbokodo” — the isiZulu word for “rock”.

“Although these data are promising, we need to remain cautious,” study leader Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor, told AFP.

Just because it protected two-thirds of monkeys in a lab trial doesn’t mean the drug will protect humans, “and thus we need to await the results of the… study before we know whether or not this vaccine will protect humans against HIV infection,” he said.

The team also disclosed that the results of the Imbokodo trial are expected in 2021/22.

“This is only the fifth HIV vaccine concept that will be tested for efficacy in humans in the 35+ year history of the global HIV epidemic,” added Barouch.

Only one so far, RV144, yielded some protection. RV144 was reported in 2009 to reduce the risk of HIV infection among 16,000 Thai volunteers by 31.2 percent — deemed insufficient for the drug to be pursued.

For the latest study, published in The Lancet medical journal, Barouch and a team tested the candidate drug on 393 healthy, HIV-free adults aged 18 to 50 in east Africa, South Africa, Thailand, and the United States. The participants were randomly given one of seven vaccine combinations or a placebo “dummy” alternative. They received four shots each over 48 weeks.

The study used so-called “mosaic” vaccine combinations. These combine pieces of different HIV virus types to elicit an immune response — when the body attacks intruder germs — against virus strains from different regions of the world.

The vaccine “induced robust (high levels of) immune responses in humans,” said Barouch. The tests also showed the vaccine was safe. Five participants reported side-effects such as stomach pain and diarrhoea, dizziness, or back pain.

In a separate study, the same vaccine offered complete protection from infection in two-thirds of 72 trial monkeys each given six injections with an HIV-like virus.

An estimated 37 million people live with HIV/AIDS, according to the World Health Organization. There are about 1.8 million new infections and a million deaths every year. Almost 80 million people are estimated to have been infected since the virus was first diagnosed in the early 1980s. About 35 million have died.

https://lailasnews.com/aids-vaccine-passes-key-early-test/

Research works are being advanced in other countries while in Nigeria people are being advised to give up their farm lands or risk being killed.

buhari and HIV which 1 u fear pass

if na HIV like if na buhari share


seun, lalasticlala,

ok

Nice one

kaorama:
Research works are being advanced in other countries while in Nigeria people are being advised to give up their farm lands or risk being killed.

Some of you just wait for any news to break so that you can contextualize it and tell us how terrible Nigeria is...una no dey tire? The news does not contain a sentence about Nigeria, yet you had to activate your negativity...may God help you o!

ibori1:




buhari and HIV which 1 u fear pass


if na HIV like if na buhari share



seun, lalasticlala,

Both are Same... Shut Up

Research ke,development ko.... AIDs that fake prophets yaf been crying since.... 19kpirigidi

Wetin Nigeria wan contribute na?
Only SPREADING?

No more sex abeg.
E nor dey sweet with all these fear of dis and dat!

Since I was a teenager, I've been reading stuff like dis. AIDS drugs in final test stage, breakthrough made with AIDS vaccine, etc etc...I am in my 40th year now, no cure

To thoae living with HIV, your smile will come soon cos we are not relenting in bringing this dreadful disease to a total eradication.

Just give us little time ok

kaorama:
Research works are being advanced in other countries while in Nigeria people are being advised to give up their farm lands or risk being killed.

It's a zombie nation

Does it mean we can now straff without?

Good move.
The whites have been helping the blacks with cures and vaccines since from time immemorial.







check my SIGNATURE

That's mean people will be bleeping for free

Good news for all brothel patronizers

Thank God for Hiv.......people would have been bleepin indiscriminately

Would be good to have it fully approved

They have it already in the advanced countries. Administering it codedly.

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LazyNairalander:
Good move.
The whites have been helping the blacks with cures and vaccines since from time immemorial.







check my SIGNATURE

Don't be fooled!! They create These problems and also create the solutions so we can see them as superior.

It has been passing early test since 1999

THIS WILL BE A GOOD NEWS TO RICHARD MOFE DAMIJO!

RMD as he is fondly referred to will be happy!

great

Bet why can't one just be choping puna without fear of catching some stupid STI ehn. why! why!!

Why life nor fit just sweet dey go

At least even if man must contact..it shulda just been malaria or common cold.

mjbaba:
Since I was a teenager, I've been reading stuff like dis. AIDS drugs in final test stage, breakthrough made with AIDS vaccine, etc etc...I am in my 40th year now, no cure

AIDS no real broh

ok

akeentech:


AIDS no real broh

my bro wake up!