AGRI 1001 Chapter : Chimps Agri
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Scientific journal on chimp viruses for human vaccines. The article i have selected is named chimp viruses for human vaccines. The reason i selected this article is because i believe animal testing of any form to be very controversial. I also find medical research on aids to be very interesting yet controversial issues as well. The article starts off by explaining how adenoviruses are being introduced in vaccines to trigger immune responses in animal models. Scientist believe chimps avoid preexisting immunity, which would lower the vaccines potency. Scientist theorizes that chimps are so similar to humans that the results would be very similar. We"re working on different vaccines for ebola, hiv, malaria, hepatitis c, said nicosia. We wish to dedicate one specific chimpanzee derived serotype to one specific vaccine target . Scientist also say they are looking for the vaccine for hcv. There is a rise in infected adolescence and in the u. s.
