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Re:Startup developing HIV/AIDS vaccine is 2nd nonprofit acce... by kfk on Thursday January 23, 2014 @10:53AM (#7108882)
Does this mean that contracting the virus with the vaccine will give you HIV but not AIDS? What about being a carrier, would you still be a carrier?
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Re:Startup developing HIV/AIDS vaccine is 2nd nonprofit acce... by icinnamon on Thursday January 23, 2014 @11:14AM (#7109030)
If you're vaccinated, your body would fight off the HIV virus. You would have an upgraded immune system.

In terms of independently curing AIDS, although the vaccine has therapeutic potential, it mostly likely applies only to those particular individuals living with HIV who have normal immune systems – i.e. those successfully managed on HAART medications. The vaccine may prevent AIDS, but it will not cure AIDS.

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