Archives for January, 2013
Kinda sorta not really therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine (but its still a step in a positive direction)
Posted by ERV on January 7, 2013 Everyone has been wanting to know about this news item: Scientists say vaccine temporarily brakes HIV Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Shows Promise Huge Breakthrough In HIV Research Brings Us Closer To A Vaccine This is the actual paper: A Dendritic Cell–Based Vaccine Elicits T Cell Responses Associated with Control of HIV-1 Replication They did something super…
Antarctic Adventures
Posted by ERV on January 3, 2013 If you havent heard, Richard Dawkins is cruising around Antarctica right now– Theyve upgraded internet abilities since I went, so he has been able to upload some Tweets and some photographs to flicker: I want to go back so goddamn badly, seeing these pics makes me sad. Its like seeing an ex youre still in…
Building a better GMO virus for Hemophilia B
Posted by ERV on January 2, 2013 When youre trying to cure a genetic disease with a genetically modified virus, you dont have to get a perfect score. You dont have to cure everyone in the trial. You dont even really have to cure them– Just make their lives a little easier, making it so that they can skip a few invasive…