Single Shot Would Protect Children From HIV for Years

Photo: A vaccinator giving a baby some sort of vaccine at the Nihessiua Health Centre Nampula, Mozambique on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Photo credit: USAID Mozambique via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by Hannah Millington. Newsweek – July 31, 2025. Research article: Nature.

Delivering a single shot of gene therapy at birth could offer children protection against HIV for years. A study from the Tulane National Primate Research Center and California National Primate Research Center has identified the first weeks of life—when the immune system is more tolerant—may be the optimal and only window for delivering such gene therapy effectively. “Nearly 300 children are infected with HIV each day,” study author and […]

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