Fast track to vaccines.

• Autores: Alan Aderem
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 304, Nº. 5, 2011, págs. 66-71
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the social and public health impact if researchers found a method to develop and evaluate potential vaccines against HIV infections that was faster and more efficient than conventional methods. The author argues that an ideal alternative method would include a clear understanding of the precise interaction of immunological responses that would have to occur to induce a strong protective reaction, such as knowing what subset of immune cells need to interact with each other and in what ways. An overview of the emerging field of systems biology and its use in the development and testing of HIV vaccines faster and more efficiently is presented.