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Yes, but immunity has many definitions, including 'to fight off'. Since it's essentially teaching the immune system, why does this not work when the patient is
by vertis 13y ago
Yes, but immunity has many definitions, including 'to fight off'.
Since it's essentially teaching the immune system, why does this not work when the patient is already infected.
I thought there may be some difference between this and traditional vaccines as well.
- j2d3 13y agoThis story discusses other HIV vaccine efforts that are targeted at already infected and stop the dependence on the HIV meds: http://www.livescience.com/18107-hiv-therapeutic-vaccines-promise.html http://www.livescience.com/18107-hiv-therapeutic-vaccines-pr... according to that article there are 34 million people already infected worldwide.