Moderna Starts Human Trials For HIV Vaccine

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This week, the biotech company Moderna will start human trials for its HIV vaccine. Its HIV vaccine will be the first of its kind to use messenger RNA (mRNA), an approach that Moderna used in its effective COVID-19 vaccine.

The clinical trials will start on August 19 and end sometime around spring 2023, according to the National Institutes of Health’s trial registry. They will involve 56 HIV-negative participants aged 18 to 56. The participants will be given one or two forms of mRNA that cause the body to form defenses against HIV infection.

In the past, HIV vaccines used inactivated forms of the virus. However, previous trials showed that these forms didn’t produce any immune responses. In fact, researchers canceled one trial in Thailand during the 2000s after inactivated forms of the virus were found to actually increase people’s risk of catching HIV rather than preventing infections.

Instead, the Moderna trials will contain one of two different types of mRNA: mRNA-1644 and mRNA-1644v2. These get the body’s cells to develop a “protein spike” on their surfaces. These spikes are similar to those embedded by HIV on a cell’s surface when it begins to infect cells to reproduce. When the body recognizes the presence of the mRNA spike, it begins producing antibodies to protect against infection.

The mRNA may also allow scientists to make tweaks to the vaccine more easily.

This is especially helpful for HIV since the virus is known for having mutated into at least 16 known variants.

 

 

Source:

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/moderna-starts-human-trials-revolutionary-hiv-vaccine-week/

 

Wishing the team all best of luck.

[HausOfAntonio 8,021]

This will be such an insane step forwards for humanity if it does work 

[ProfessionalClown 10,647]

If this truly works and ends up becoming mass produced, I’m not gonna be able to hold myself back from ugly crying.

we have lost too many people from HIV/AIDS. Too many people of all ages. With every vaccine taken, we need to remember those who have passed before us who led the way in multiple different ways. Actors/actresses, musicians, authors, political activists, a lot of LGBT activists, so many people.

I really do hope HIV/AIDS will at some point in my lifetime becomes curable, at least to some degree.

 

not just that but if we are able to find a way to prevent and treat an autoimmune issue like this, it’s gonna be a step to prevent and treat illnesses like lupus and even possibly cancer to some degree. It’s gonna be absolutely revolutionary. 

[dit 46,738]

This would literally be revolutionary if possible. Sadly from what I read it will not be a cure for people who already have HIV BUT if it can help prevent people from getting it it would be miraculous. 

[rawrimamonster 1,115]

I’m glad we’re seeing advancements with this. Just hope if this works out it isn’t restricted by a private company’s patent so poor people can’t afford the jacked up prices. 

[erfaan 2,841]

This is huge!

[pachinko 10,757]

Will this make the gays more promiscuous / sexual? 

It's hard enough to find an old fashioned type of relationship as it is given the hookup culture of today.

[OhHenny2020 2,822]

Vaccines are bad though!!!!! 

[Anderson123 42,746]

1 minute ago, pachinko said:

Will this make the gays more promiscuous / sexual? 

[PartySick 172,997]

Between this and current treatments for HIV/AIDS...wow. We've come so far

[LilMonst3r 5,687]

Cant believe it took vocid for this major advancement to happen 😒 But hurray i guess.

[Andrea B 16,761]

Hope it works

[pachinko 10,757]

26 minutes ago, Anderson123 said:

It's hard enough to find an old fashioned type of relationship as it is given the hookup culture of today.

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

Great. Three pandemics later and we finally get a vaccine for HIV. 

[La Rosalia 9,906]

44 minutes ago, pachinko said:

Will this make the gays more promiscuous / sexual? 

It's hard enough to find an old fashioned type of relationship as it is given the hookup culture of today.

Ngl it’s kinda disappointing seeing this kind of response. It’s way too trivial that you’re using this to shame promiscuous people in a thread that is sharing news that can potentially change the life of so many people all over the world, specially in our community.