The first mRNA-based HIV vaccine is about to start human trials

Two of Moderna’s mRNA-based HIV vaccines could start human trials this week, according to a new posting in the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trial registry. The Phase I study would test the vaccines’ safety, as well as collect basic data on whether they’re inducing any kind of immunity, but would still need to go through Phases II and III to see how effective they might be. 

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A Coronavirus Vaccine Should Be Free, Not ‘Affordable’

The Trump Administration’s early reaction to the outbreak of a new coronavirus that’s near certain to hit the U.S. hard hasn’t been great, to put it lightly.

A REFRIGERATOR BACKPACK COULD HELP TRANSPORT VACCINES AND ORGANS

Medical supply transportation is a serious problem in remote regions, where it may take weeks to transport a vaccine where it’s most needed. But a British student has developed a simple device that might help get supplies where they need to go and save millions of lives in the process.

Scientists Isolate Antibodies That Fight Ebola

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Cuba Has a Lung Cancer Vaccine—And America Wants It

CUBA HAS FOR several years had a promising therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer. The 55-year trade embargo led by the US made sure that Cuba was mostly where it stayed. Until—maybe—now.

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