Four decades on, where's the HIV vaccine?

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Unlike in the case of COVID-19, human immune system doesn't self-cure HIV.

What we still don't have is a vaccine that would train human immune systems to ward off the infection before it ever takes root.

Even within wealthy countries, wide socio-economic and racial disparities exist in accessing these medicines, and vaccines have historically been the most effective tools to eradicate infectious diseases. "The human immune system doesn't self cure HIV, whereas what was very clear was the human immune system was quite capable of self curing Covid-19," Larry Corey, principal investigator of HVTN, a global organization funding HIV vaccine development, told AFP.Covid vaccines work by eliciting antibodies that bind to the virus' spike protein and stop it from infecting human cells.

J&J's vaccine candidate is currently being trialed in 2,600 women in sub-Saharan Africa in the Imbokodo trial, which is expected to report results in the coming months.

 

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