01/05/03

Trial suggest vaccines could aid HIV therapy

By: Erika Check

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<p>A therapeutic vaccine could help patients with HIV to take a break from their tough drug regimes, according to a prominent French immunologist.<BR><BR>Brigitte Autran of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris revealed the results of her recent study at a Keystone symposium in Banff, Canada. Autran claims that her results offer the best evidence yet for the promise of a ‘therapeutic vaccine’ against HIV. <BR><BR>Such a vaccine would not stop people from contracting HIV, but, in theory, it could be used to boost the immune systems of individuals with HIV who are undergoing ‘highly active anti-retroviral therapy’. Some researchers, however, are questioning the findings, arguing that it is based on a small sample size.<BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v422/n6933/full/422650a_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to <em>Nature</em> news story</A><BR><BR>Source: <em>Nature</em> 422, 650 (2003)</p>

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A therapeutic vaccine could help patients with HIV to take a break from their tough drug regimes, according to a prominent French immunologist.

Brigitte Autran of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris revealed the results of her recent study at a Keystone symposium in Banff, Canada. Autran claims that her results offer the best evidence yet for the promise of a ‘therapeutic vaccine’ against HIV.

Such a vaccine would not stop people from contracting HIV, but, in theory, it could be used to boost the immune systems of individuals with HIV who are undergoing ‘highly active anti-retroviral therapy’. Some researchers, however, are questioning the findings, arguing that it is based on a small sample size.

Link to Nature news story

Source: Nature 422, 650 (2003)