The research into HIV and AIDS vaccinations may be getting a literal shot in the arm, as new mechanisms involving autoimmunity could hold the answers to neutralization of the infection at a greater rate than studied in previous eras. The ability for some with the disease to mount a hightened autoimmune response to the viral burden is the focus of scientists wishing to develop vaccines that fight the gamut of the infection’s trajectory — not just in specific, static phases of disease.

Of course, the ability of HIV to mutate at a rapid clip does pose challenges. (In one trial, scientists have noted a camouflage-type of mechanism the HIV virus is able to utilize with an enveloping sugar molecule to avoid detection.) At any rate, the boldness and bullish nature of the scientific community at this point in HIV/AIDS research is refreshing and exciting. There’s also always the hope that this specialized research into a disease-free organism will naturally occur as a result. | LINK

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