This amazing image is crystallographic data of the AIDS virus actually attacking an immune cell, and they hope that the data will help them create an anti-AIDS vaccine. In studying the data the scientists believe that they may have found a spot on the outside of the disease which may be vulnerable to antibodies that would block it from even attacking human cells to begin with. While there are a couple of vaccines currently in human trials, the researchers believe that this might be their best hope at making a vaccine that would work for everyone.
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I would love to see a cure for this devastating disease in our lifetime. With a background in the medical field I learned of what people go through who are living and dying from AIDS. It is so sad...
It really is sad. The death toll and the toll on people in general has been huge, and a vaccine would go a long way towards easing that suffering in our lifetimes.
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