HIV vaccine clears first hurdle, faces more tests
BEIJING: Chinese scientists on Monday claimed to have successfully carried out the first phase of aclinical trial of an HIV vaccine and geared up to launch the second stage in a few months.
Shao Yiming , chief expert of China's National Centre for AIDS /STD Control and Prevention , said the second phase of experiments on the vaccine , which has been approved by the national drug administration , "is likely to start in three or four months".
Although a number of countries have completed second-phase tests on HIV vaccines , none has yet reached the third and final stage.
China started research on an HIV vaccine in 1993 by conducting trials with a vaccine produced outside the country . In 2005, Chinese scientists developed a new vaccine using the smallpox vaccine as a carrier.
Clinical trials of the new vaccine started in 2007 and late last year it was found to induce an immune reaction in healthy people.
Shao Yiming , chief expert of China's National Centre for AIDS /STD Control and Prevention , said the second phase of experiments on the vaccine , which has been approved by the national drug administration , "is likely to start in three or four months".
Although a number of countries have completed second-phase tests on HIV vaccines , none has yet reached the third and final stage.
China started research on an HIV vaccine in 1993 by conducting trials with a vaccine produced outside the country . In 2005, Chinese scientists developed a new vaccine using the smallpox vaccine as a carrier.
Clinical trials of the new vaccine started in 2007 and late last year it was found to induce an immune reaction in healthy people.
(source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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