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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials by f6v on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:05PM (#30152578)
If we had robust enough theory of vaccine testing it wouldn’t matter what kind of vaccine you develop, right?
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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials by lobocinza on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:06PM (#30188018)
I'm not from a bio-science area but AFAIK mRNA vaccines are robust.

1. The same mechanism of deliver is used so it's already tested and know to be safe/effective.

2. It replicates the same protein(s) found on the virus. So it will not due more damage than getting the virus and it will have a high probability of being effective.

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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials by im3w1l on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:12PM (#30152671)
Maybe, maybe not? Mrna vaccines are very customizable so they could be specifically engineered to avoid known safety issues for example.
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