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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / April 2005Herpes vaccination?
I read months back that there was one in the making? Anybody know if this is close to becoming a reality? >I read months back that there was one in the making? Anybody know if >this is close to becoming a reality? It's not true that I know of. I mean, there ARE researchers working away looking for a vaccine, and one will be "in the making" eventually, but I haven't heard of any recent breakthroughs in the field. That means there still might be time for YOU to put on a lab coat and get to work. ;-) The point is, *someone* is going to discover a vaccine or a cure, and it might very well be some college kid who is just now deciding on a career in research medicine. It could be you. Take care, Mike Antigenics is working on one, though it's not very far along. Also, so is www.aurx.com http://www.antigenics.com/products/id/ag702/ >>I read months back that there was one in the making? Anybody know if >>this is close to becoming a reality? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Mike If so, "Wouldn't it be lovely?" for those who don't HAVE it already. I can think of so many people...my daughter, my grandson, my nieces and nephews.. The rest of us older folk: some of us have it; what difference does it make now? > If so, "Wouldn't it be lovely?" for those who don't HAVE it already. > I can think of so many people...my daughter, my grandson, my nieces > and nephews.. The rest of us older folk: some of us have it; what > difference does it make now? A huge different, actually. A therapeutic vaccine would really, really help. A good immune system can ultimately prevail over each breakout of herpes, so the new vaccine approach is to keep the immune system ready at all times with cytotoxic killer cells and NK (natural killer) cells, which scour for any virii. A few have already shown promising results: http://www.powdermed.com http://www.antigenics.com http://www.aurx.com Furthermore, Cytogenix is making a topical cream which actually stops the virus from replicating further into skin cells. It's supposed to be way better than the traditional Zovirax cream, which has limited success. Stressgen is doing good stuff with HPV (genital warts), and they're expected to apply this research to herpes, as well (although http://www.stressgen.com/php/newsitem.php?show_n_id=185&archive= makes me doubt the extent of their post-HPV herpes research, now). Hang in there... |
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