Domestic scientists have developed 3 vaccine candidates against HIV. During testing confirmed the safety of innovative products. Future step will be the study of their performance in the fight against a terrible illness.
A team of Russian scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk became one step closer to final victory over HIV. Innovative domestic products have already passed several stages of tests - confirmed safety for human body.
"We have 3 of the prototype, which on the level "to the clinic" and the first phase of clinical trials proved its safety, lack of toxicity and undesirable secondary effects", - quotes "Interfax" the head of the Russian Ministry of health Veronika Skvortsov. The Minister also announced that Russia is ahead of all the remaining countries in the study methods of combating the deadly virus.
"One of the vaccines won the competition and entered the program for the promotion of clinical research. The results in the high productivity of this drug is not. While this is preliminary results, life will show", - said Skvortsova. According to the Minister, the development of a vaccine is complicated by the fact that "HIV is extremely associated with the effects of the own immunity of the person".
Among other things, the Federal Minister said that the Russian Federation vigorously organize the production of retroviral drugs for people living with HIV. "We have in the next 2 years will appear 2 own full cycle production of antiretroviral drugs," she said. Only in Russia currently there are 8 such drugs.
HIV is a terrible virus that suppresses the immune system inhabitant of our planet and makes it susceptible to any diseases. Without proper treatment HIV-positive die within approximately 10 years after infection.
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