Projects
In July 2010, a collaboration between the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and officials at the Vaccine Research Center found that two human HIV antibodies, named VRC01 and VRC03, could potentially be used against a wide range of types and mutations of HIV in the design of a preventive HIV vaccine for human use, as well as in the formation of better antiretroviral therapy drug cocktails. The discovery, a potentially landmark one in the drive to find a vaccine for AIDS should it be validated and further improved, will be featured in the journal Science.
The Vaccine Research Center has multiple Research Laboratories and Research Sections:
- Virology Laboratory
- Vector Core Section
- BSL-3 Core Virology Section
- Structural Biology Section
- Structural Virology Section
- Immunology Laboratory
- Immunology Core Section
- Human Immunology Section
- ImmunoTechnology Section
- Non-Human Primate Immunogenicity Core Section
- Flow Cytometry Core Section
- Cellular Immunology Section
- Biodefense Research Section
- Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory
- Biodefense Vaccine Translational Research and Licensure Program/Laboratory Animal Medicine
- Vaccine Production Program Laboratory
- Clinical Trials Core Laboratory
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