US EditionA One-Shot Vaccine For HIV Might Actually Be On The Cards
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‘One and done’: A single shot at birth may shield children from HIV for years, study finds
Delivering a single injection of gene therapy at birth may offer years-long protection against HIV, tapping into a critical window in early life that could reshape the fight against pediatric infections in high-risk regions. This is according to a study — “Determinants of successful AAV-vectored delivery of HIV-1 bNAbs in early life” by Amir Ardeshir, Daniel O’Hagan, Isha Mehta, et al — that appeared in Nature, highlighting that the first weeks …
A study conducted on macaque monkeys found that 90 percent of the monkeys treated in the first month of life were protected from HIV infection for at least three years.
A single injection of genetic therapy at birth could provide children with long-term protection against HIV. A study conducted by the National Primate Research Center in Tulane and that of California, both in the United States, identified that the first few weeks of life — when the immune system shows greater tolerance — represent a possible unique window for successful implementation of this type of treatment. “Every day about 300 children get …
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