n HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate developed by researchers at
Oregon Health & Science University appears to have the ability to completely
clear an AIDS-causing virus from the body. The promising vaccine candidate is
being developed at OHSU's Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute. It is being
tested through the use of a non-human primate form of HIV, called simian
immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, which causes AIDS in monkeys. Following further
development, it is hoped an HIV-form of the vaccine candidate can soon be
tested in humans. These research results were published online today by the
journal Nature. The results will also appear in a future print version of the
publication.