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Is an Effective HIV Vaccine Feasible?

Publication date: July 2005

Source: Science

21 July 2005 | EN

This news feature aimed at a broad scientific audience likens the perplexing task of trying to develop an HIV vaccine to “flying without a compass”. HIV poses unique challenges, including its infinite variability and protective coating that masks it from antibodies, yet researchers have evidence from both human and animal studies suggesting that it may one day be possible to trigger an immune response that protects against infection.

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