Scientists have engineered a molecule they say can block infection with the virus that causes AIDS, a discovery that potentially could lead to a new therapy for patients as well as an alternative to a vaccine.
“It’s very clever and very powerful,” said Nancy Haigwood, an HIV researcher at Oregon Health and Science University, who wasn’t involved in the study but wrote about its potential as a vaccine alternative in a commentary in Nature. “This is going to be much better than any vaccine on the horizon.”
Preventive rather than curative medicine is the most cost-effective and sustainable way to go. This “clever” approach could be part of the solution to effectively end the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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