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July 28, 2003

 

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

 

“Indian Team Develops HIV-1 Prototype Vaccine: Minister”

Asia Pulse (www.asiapulse.com) (07/28/03)

 

A prototype AIDS vaccine, developed at the National Jai Vigyan Science & Technology Mission of the Department of Biotechnology in India, is ready for preclinical toxicological studies, according to Bachi Singh Rawat, the federal Junior Minister for Science in India.  Involved in its development is the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Ministry of Health, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.  The vaccine is a modified vaccinia ankara-based vaccine that aims to protect against HIV-1 subtype C.

 

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