Texas Biomed HIV vaccine concept (IMAGE)

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Texas Biomed HIV vaccine concept

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The vaccine is designed to specifically enter basal, or base, cells in the mucosal epithelium. As those basal cells differentiate to build up the epithelial tissue, the vaccine is passed on to all newly made cells (represented in green).

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