FIT Biotech and ImmunoVaccine Ally to Enhance HIV Vaccine Candidate

There are many treatments for HIV , but it's still important to develop vaccines. HIV drugs have side effects, are expensive, and can be hard for people in some countries to get. You can also develop a problem called "drug resistance," which means you'll need to switch to new medications when the ones you're using stop working well for you. There are steps you can take to reduce your risk of HIV. These include: Lower the number of people you have sex with. Use a condom when you have sex. Take medicine every day called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), such as emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate ( Truvada ) or emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide ( Descovy ). Even so, thousands of people in the U.S. each year are diagnosed with HIV. An HIV vaccine could help prevent HIV infection and save lives.

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