There might be a new hope for the people suffering from HIV in Africa. The government of the South Africa finally decided to start the HIV vaccine human trials.
The previous results of a testing proved themselves encouraging so the groups of doctors are ready to introduce HIV vaccine that might be able to stop the epidemic.
The whole continent is affected right now so it’s very important to stop it until it gets further. There are few millions of people sick right now which is definitely not the good news.
The first HIV vaccine trials were held last year, in 2015. The world is hoping for the vaccine to work so that the catastrophe can finally be stopped.
It took almost a year to test the vaccine for safety. It’s usually a very complicated task because the scientists and doctors have to be sure that it’s not going to do any harm to people. Last week the results were finally publicly announced during the Aids conference in Durban, South Africa.
There were hundreds of people who voluntarily agreed to take part in the trials by joining one of the two experimenting groups. After a while vaccine proved itself not dangerous.
During the conference that took place last week doctors discussed their ideas about the further trials and explained how the previous tests were made. They seemed quite optimistic about it.
In scientific words, they checked the T-cell and the behaviour of the antibody when it entered the organism. There were also other things that the scientists took a close look at and all of them turned out to be completely safe for the human body. That’s why it’s possible to start testing it on others.
Scientists warn that it will also take time before the vaccine is available for more people. Right now the whole trial is yet to launch. The vaccine is supposed to work by making your immune system more resistible to the infections.
The scientists said that there were cases registered when the vaccine actually helped some infected people to recover. Their immune system became stronger and the general condition improved too.
There are different types of the HIV though. Some types of vaccines are able only to fight against a certain type of virus. However, scientists think that this vaccine that they are about to test can be helpful for any kind of HIV.
Even though no one can give a hundred percent guarantee people still got a new hope to fight this horrible sickness. Since the first trials the vaccine has been improved which makes it more possible for the patients to get a proper treatment.
The trials will be first launched in South Africa but later it will be done on the rest of the continent too.
According to the forecasts, the first tests will start not sooner than November. The doctors think that it will probably take at least 3 years before most of the people on the continent are vaccinated.
