See also: HIV and the Immune System; Immune-Based Therapies; and Immunizations and HIV

General Information

• Preventive HIV Vaccines (AIDSinfo) – Fact sheet with information for potential clinical trial participants on the characteristics of preventive HIV vaccines; and Spanish version
• Therapeutic HIV Vaccines (AIDSinfo) – fact sheet with information for potential clinical trial participants on the characteristics of therapeutic HIV vaccines; and Spanish version
• AVAC website – contains background information and news about HIV/AIDS vaccine development
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Information Center – contains background information and news about HIV/AIDS vaccine development
• HIV Vaccine Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectiousness Diseases)
• Immune Restoration (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version

Selected Recent Articles

•  $60M in Grants to Accelerate AIDS Vaccine Development.  (October 2016, Poz)
• IAVI, Selexis expand collaboration for development of HIV vaccines.  (September 2016, Healio)
• HIV Vaccine Research in Mice Shows Promise.  (August 2016, Poz)
• First Trials of HIV Vaccine Using Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Begin. (August 2016, TheBodyPro)
• IAVI Awarded $93M NIH Contract to Help Develop an AIDS Vaccine. (August 2016, Poz)
• Pediatric HIV Cure Studied in Infant Monkeys.  (July 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Next Up – Country-Specific HIV Vaccines.  (July 2016, TheBodyPro)
• It’s all go for a new HIV vaccine efficacy trial this year.  (July 2016, AIDSmap); related coverage from MedPage Today and Healio
• HIV will only be cured with combinations too, conference delegates hear.  (July 2016, AIDSmap)
• Researchers Re-create Moderately Successful HIV Vaccine Trial in Monkeys.  (July 2016, Poz)
• 2016 HIV Cure Update: Therapeutic Vaccines and Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies.  (July 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Five Exciting HIV Prevention Studies We’re Paying Attention to.  (June 2016, Beta Blog)
• USAID Reaffirms Commitment to HIV Vaccine and Biomedical Prevention Research and Advocacy.  (June 2016, AVAC)
• $35.6M Grant to Emory University for HIV Cure and Vaccine Research.  (June 2016, Poz)
• HIV Vaccine: Where Are We?  (May 2016, AIDS United)
• HIV vaccine news: Antibody injection delays HIV-like infection.  (May 2016, Beta Blog)
• Researchers Identify a Promising New HIV Vaccine Target.  (May 2016, Poz); related coverage from Healio
• The Search Continues and Science Advances on HVAD [HIV Vaccine Awareness Day] 2016 (May 2016, AVAC); related coverage from Healio
• NIH-Led Team Discovers New HIV Vaccine Target.  (May 2016, TheBody)
• Introducing the VARG [Vaccine Advocacy Resource Group]: Focusing local lens on global advocacy for HIV vaccines.  (May 2016, AVAC)
• Single Antibody Shot Provides Long-Term HIV Protection in Monkeys.  (May 2016, Poz)
• It May Be Possible to Vaccinate for HIV and Hepatitis C Simultaneously.  (April 2016, Poz); related coverage from Healio
• Antibody Research Advances to Prevention Efficacy Trial(s): An Advocates’ Perspective.  (April 2016, AVAC)
• Researchers investigate early stages of HIV-neutralizing antibody.  (April 2016, Healio)
• Studies Begin to Test Long-Acting Antibody Infusions for HIV Prevention.  (April 2016, Poz); related coverage from NIAID
• Reflection on bNAbs [broadly neutralizing antibodies] and Broadening the Toolbox.  (March 2016, AVAC)
• TSRI scientists capture detailed picture of HIV structure.  (March 2016, Healio)
• T cell control of HIV: Implications for vaccines and cure.  (February 2016, Retrovirus Conference)
• Model suggests HIV vaccine still has key role in ending AIDS.  (January 2016, AIDSmap)
• Toward an AIDS-Free Generation: Can Antibodies Help?  (January 2016, NIH Director’s Blog)
• Modeling does the math to add up impacts of HIV answers in the works.  (January 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
• HIV Vaccines to Prevent and Cure: A Conversation with Dr. Aliza Norwood.  (October 2015, Beta Blog)
• Why One HIV Vaccine Failed.  (August 2015, Poz)
• An Update on the Pipeline of Antibodies, Long-Acting Antiretrovirals and Vaccines.  (August 2015, AVAC)
• Sequential Immunizations May Be Needed for Successful HIV Vaccination.  (July 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Individuals’ Genes Affected HIV Vaccine Efficacy.  (July 2015, Poz)
• One step further towards an HIV vaccine: and this one performed as expected.  (July 2015, AIDSmap)
• Early HIV Vaccine Studies in Animal Models Show Promise.  (June 2015, Poz)
• HIV vaccine: Could a few special cells help protect millions of people?  (May 2015, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
• Budget cuts threaten HIV vaccine development, say experts.  (May 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
• A research renaissance, the landscape and the art of science…We’re catching up on research for HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.  (May 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
• Cautious Hope for an HIV Vaccine.  (May 2015, Beta Blog)
• HIV Vaccine Boosts Effects of Antiretrovirals.  (May 2015, Poz)
• HIV Researcher Questions Prevailing Wisdom About the Virus.  (April 2015, Poz)
• 6 Overlooked Questions That May Hold the Key to Beating HIV.  (April 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Promising Antibody That Neutralises HIV Shows Why We Shouldn’t Give Up on a Vaccine.  (April 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Compound Found to Block HIV Receptors in Monkeys.  (April 2015, Beta Blog)
• Neutralizing Antibodies Provide Hope for an HIV Vaccine.  (February 2015, Beta Blog)
• Anti-HIV Molecule May Lead to Vaccine and Long-Acting Treatment.  (February 2015, Poz)
• 10 HIV Prevention Developments to Watch in 2015.  (February 2015, AVAC)
• Researchers Uncover a Likely Reason Why HIV Vaccines Backfire.  (January 2015, Poz)
• Why HIV Vaccines May Be Failing.  (January 2015, TheBodyPro)
• There Is a Chance to Build Upon One HIV Vaccine’s Moderate Success.  (November 2014, Poz)
• Groundbreaking HIV vaccine’s effects were real – and could be made to work better.  (November 2014, AIDSmap)
• Research for Prevention conference opens with real hope for an HIV vaccine.  (October 2014, AIDSmap)
• Failed Pediatric HIV Vaccines May Offer Protection After All.  (October 2014, Poz)
• New HIV Antibody Target Could Aid a Vaccine, Treatment or PrEP.  (September 2014, Poz)
• Monkey HIV Vaccine Success Opens Door for Human Trials.  (September 2014, Poz)
• Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies May Control HIV Without ARVs.  (August 2014, Poz)
• Novel immune-suppressant vaccine completely blocks HIV infection in monkeys: human trials planned.  (August 2014, AIDSmap)
• Powerful HIV Antibodies That May Assist a Vaccine Also Receive Assist.  (August 2014, Poz)
• Powerful HIV Antibodies May Require Assist from Second Antibody to Develop. (July 2014, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• At AIDS 2014, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Discusses Key Challenges in HIV Scientific Discovery: Cure, Vaccine. (July 2014, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• World Without AIDS: Update on HIV Cure and Vaccine Research.  (July 2014, TheBodyPro)
• Lens Into Specific Antibody Evolution May Foresee HIV Vaccine.  (March 2014, Poz)
• A cure may need multiple components, workshop delegates hear.  (March 2014, AIDSmap)
• Genetically Engineered Antibodies Protect Mice From HIV.  (February 2014, Poz)
• Possible ‘Breakthrough’ in Vaccine Research.  (October 2013, Poz)
• Vaccine trials – where next?  (October 2013, AIDSmap)
• Unravelling the mystery of the vaccine trials.  (October 2013, AIDSmap)
• How Close Are We to an Effective HIV Vaccine?  (October 2013, TheBodyPro)
• Researchers see further positive results with herpes virus-based vaccines in monkeys.  (October 2013, AIDSmap)
• The monkeys’ tale – how a vaccine might nip HIV in the bud.  (October 2013, AIDSmap)
• Another HIV Vaccine Trial Ends in Defeat.  (October 2013, Poz)
• HIV vaccine conference opens in most promising research atmosphere for years.  (October 2013, AIDSmap)
• New Vaccine Clears AIDS-Causing Virus in Monkeys.  (September 2013, Poz)
• HIV Vaccine Based on Whole Virus Completes Phase I Trial.  (September 2013, Poz)