Canadian-developed HIV vaccine approved for human studies

[TeeKup]

After two decades of research, a group of Canadian scientists has won approval to start testing an experimental HIV vaccine on humans.

The vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Western Ontario, has received a green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clinical human trials.

Beginning in January, the vaccine will be given to 40 healthy people with HIV to test its safety.

Dr. Chil-Yong Kang, professor of virology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, called the FDA approval a “milestone.”

“We started the basic science research two decades ago,” Kang said. “The vaccine development, we started 10 years ago. This is incredible for us to get to this stage of development.”

Kang said the vaccine, called SAV001, is the first preventative HIV vaccine approved for clinical trials to use a killed whole HIV-1 virus to activate the immune response in humans.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1104653--canadian-developed-hiv-vaccine-approved-for-human-studies?bn=1

There may be hope yet 'gents.

[TVTyrant]

So they are going to take the vaccine and then inject themselves with HIV to test it? Sounds extremely dangerous.

[neuro]

So they are going to take the vaccine and then inject themselves with HIV to test it? Sounds extremely dangerous.

rofl no man. xD

[TVTyrant]

rofl no man. xD
Yeah well, I'm not exactly an expert on vaccines. How do you make sure they work then?

[neuro]

you check for antibodies

[TVTyrant]

you check for antibodies
k thx. I'm a Bachelor of Arts. Don't be so mean :/

[TVTyrant]

In b4 Bod posts in this thread and makes fun of me.

[Bodzilla]

ribble rabble ribble rabble

[TVTyrant]

yes! Barely beat him to it!

[Cortexian]

Yeah I saw this on the news last night, it's still years away though.

[Sanctus]

I saw it on the news this morning, really nice to hear.

[Cortexian]

Pretty soon we can finally all have unprotected sex with jcap.

Yessssssssssssssss!

[TVTyrant]

Pretty soon we can finally all have unprotected sex with jcap.

Yessssssssssssssss!
:parrot:

[n00b1n8R]

That's great and all but nobody seems to be talking about what it will cost people. And I don't get how a vaccine can cure a virus in somebody who's already infected.

Antivirals can do that but they're totally different to a vaccine (cure v prevention which is obviously the preferred development but does nothing for those already suffering).

[neuro]

basically the bodie doesn't -see- how to kill the hiv virus.

enter vaccine -> body leanrs -> kills hiv virus


it really depends on the type of vaccine though. some work retroactively, some dont.

[=sw=warlord]

Antivirals can do that but they're totally different to a vaccine (cure v prevention which is obviously the preferred development but does nothing for those already suffering).
Retroactive vaccine.
Some vaccine have small doses of the virus itself which allows the immune system a chance to learn how to destroy the virus for in the future, others have samples of antibodies which already have immunity to the virus which the body then takes in and uses the information from.
You would be surprised if you knew even half of what went into vaccines. (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/03/07/vaccine-ingredients.aspx)

[Patrickssj6]

To be more precise: They don't have a small doses of the virus, they have a small doses of the "dead" virus the immune system can build antibodies from. Those kind of vaccines are the ones that make you sick for a very short period of time.

Didn't here about this on the news...just heard about some killer virus from America :X

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Antivirals can do that but they're totally different to a vaccine (cure v prevention which is obviously the preferred development but does nothing for those already suffering).There is no known "cure" for viruses, the antivirals you are talking about only inhibit viral development. Most viral infections are dealt with by staying at home and drinking tea.
The reason why there is no cure against viruses like there is for bacterial infections is that viruses use the host's proteins to replicate their DNA/RNA (bacteria use their own proteins to replicate their DNA). If we were to make such a "cure" to completely stop viral development, it would do as much harm to us as it would to the viruses.

[Patrickssj6]

The reason why there is no cure against viruses like there is for bacterial infections is that viruses use the host's proteins to replicate their DNA/RNA (bacteria use their own proteins to replicate their DNA).

Not enteirely true (not even talking about replicating RNA :P)

Bacteria act like Zombies after being infected by viruses. They should be the one complaining.