March 30, 2013, Hyderabad, India – Although a number of different of Cancer appear in the list top ten causes of death in high-income countries, HIV is responsible for more deaths world wide than cancer. Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 60 million people have been died of AIDS, reports that WHO.
A vaccine for HIV would therefore have huge global ramifications. HIV preventative and therapeutic vaccines, but researchers face many challenges as the virus constantly mutates and an effective natural immune response to HIV. Which vaccines normally mimic, does not exist.
However, this has not discouraged funding in this area and in 2004 the public, Philanthropic and commercial sectors invested approximately $ 682 million in pre-ventative. HIV vaccine R&D, according to a report by the HIV vaccines and Microbicides Resource Tracking working group.
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