Why isn't there a herpes vaccine?

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: purbeast0
because there is no money in a cure ... there is money in a treatment.

A persistent myth with absolutely no viable evidence to support it.

Especially considering the vast amount of research done in not-for-profit institutions.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: wicka
Hey.
Why isn't there an AIDS vaccine?

ZING

AIDS vaccine doesn't work because HIV attacks the immune system, thus even a small weak dose of it would be too much for the immune system to handle.

This has to be one of the most ignorant things I've read on this forum.

Get educated:

AIDS: The Elusive Vaccine

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: purbeast0
because there is no money in a cure ... there is money in a treatment.

A persistent myth with absolutely no viable evidence to support it.

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: Shawn
Why hasn't one been developed yet?

From the Wikipedia article on herpes:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States is currently in the midst of phase III trials of a vaccine against HSV-2. The vaccine has only been shown to be effective for women who have never been exposed to HSV-1. Overall, the vaccine is approximately 48% effective in preventing HSV-2 seropositivity and about 78% effective in preventing symptomatic HSV-2. Assuming FDA approval, a commercial version of the vaccine is estimated to become available around 2008.

is the FDA holding up more medicines again this is a surprise

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: wicka
Hey.
Why isn't there an AIDS vaccine?

ZING

AIDS vaccine doesn't work because HIV attacks the immune system, thus even a small weak dose of it would be too much for the immune system to handle.

This has to be one of the most ignorant things I've read on this forum.

Get educated:

AIDS: The Elusive Vaccine

meh I didn't sleep tonight
They lied to me in high school bio.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: wicka
Hey.
Why isn't there an AIDS vaccine?

ZING

AIDS vaccine doesn't work because HIV attacks the immune system, thus even a small weak dose of it would be too much for the immune system to handle.

This has to be one of the most ignorant things I've read on this forum.

Get educated:

AIDS: The Elusive Vaccine

meh I didn't sleep tonight
They lied to me in high school bio.

That's OK. I had a 7th grade "science teacher" tell our class that the earth has gravity because it spins. I then got sent to the principle's office for telling him he was wrong, and trying to explain that the earth has gravity because it has mass.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: thesurge
i thought 80% of american adults have some form of herpes.

Yep. Cold sores are herpes. Chicken/smallpox (forgot which one it was) is also herpes.

Cold sores and chickenpox are herpes, smallpox is not.

EBV (usual cause of mononucleosis) is also herpesvirus.

 

[acemcmac]

it's a virus.