'On-off switch' brings researchers a step closer to potential HIV vaccine
Engineered on-off switch brings HIV vaccine one step closer
In 2014, the team from the University of Nebraska genetically engineered a version of HIV that requires a synthetic amino acid not found in the body to replicate. March 29 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Nebraska created an on/off switch in a weakened form of HIV to increase its safety for use in a potential vaccine. Each codon instructs transfer-RNA to addit's corresponding amino acid to a chain that becomes a protein and allows for viral replication. There are currently no vaccines for HIV, a virus that has claimed the lives of approximately 35 million people during the past 35 years. Earlier studies have been able to generate HIV immunity in organisms by deleting HIV genes to limit replication, with one vaccine protecting 95 percent of rhesus monkeys from the virus.collected by :Lucy William
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