Scientists say HIV therapeutic vaccine can temporarily improve the immune system
The vaccine, a shot that treats an existing disease rather than preventing it, was safe and led to a dramatic drop in the amount of HIV virus detected in some patients, said the study – published on Wednesday in Science Translation Medicine.
After 12 weeks of the trial, the HIV viral load dropped by more than 90% among 12 of the 22 patients who received the vaccine.
Only one among the 11 patients who received a control injection without the vaccine experienced a similar result.
After 24 weeks, the effectiveness of the vaccine had begun to decline, however, with seven of the 20 remaining patients receiving it enjoying a similar 90% slump in viral load.
No-one in the control group of 10 patients experienced such a decline in the virus...
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/01/04/scientists-say-therapeutic-vaccine-temporarily-stops-the-spread-of-hiv/
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