Hope for an HIV vaccine not lost after one drug proves ineffective

An HIV vaccine studied at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will no longer be pursued after an independent study revealed the drug is ineffective at preventing the virus. “We’re disappointed in this one,” said Larry Corey, former Fred Hutch president and founder and principal investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, which was investigating the drug and is headquartered at Fred Hutch. “It’s one of those things you have to pick yourself up and move o n.” The National Institute…
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