A two-dose schedule could make HIV vaccines more effective

Published on September 20, 2024

Researchers have shown that they can generate a strong immune response against HIV with two doses of a vaccine given one week apart.

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A two-dose schedule could make HIV vaccines more effective

September 20, 2024
One major reason why it has been difficult to develop an effective HIV vaccine is that the virus mutates very rapidly, allowing it to evade the antibody response generated by vaccines.Several years ago, MIT researchers showed that administering a series of escalating doses of an HIV vaccine over a two-week period could help overcome a part of that challenge by generating larger quantities of neutr

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