Russian scientists finished creation of HIV vaccine
On May, 29 director of the St.-Petersburg Biomedical center professor Andrey Kozlov participating in the 16-th international conference AIDS, Cancer and Public health informed, that the work on creation of the Russian HIV vaccine have turned the corner of clinical tests.
Scientists from Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk managed to develop antidote against virulent infection by a method of genetic engineering. Kozlov informed that in Saint Petersburg with the assistance of large American university centers and the USA National institute of health is created the necessary structure for clinical tests of vaccine.
This structure has everything necessary for tests: genic-virologic laboratories, capacities for production of necessary quantities of test samples of a preparation, and volunteers from risk groups.
However Professor Kozlov has noted that it is too early to talk about an unconditional victory over AIDS. In his opinion, development of effective means of struggle against this disease can take not one year.
As to the state financing of the further works, discussion of this question will begin this June.