Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
by megaman821 on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:26PM
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The Covid-19 vaccines were made against the original strain in which it was 95% effective. Let's see how the updated Omicron vaccine goes. I am guessing we are going to see above 90% effectiveness. mRNA vaccines are looking pretty promising at neutralizing the specific virus they are targeting. How effective that is for mutated and related viruses is what remains to be seen.
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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
by marcosdumay on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:58PM
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> How effective that is for mutated and related viruses is what remains to be seen.
I imagine that depends much more on the virus than on the vaccine.
Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
by megaman821 on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:45PM
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Wouldn't it depend more on how well-chosen the target protein is? If it mutates too fast the vaccine won't be as effective. This says nothing about the effectiveness of the mRNA technique though, which seems to reliable induce an immune response to the target protein.