The ultimate challenge: an AIDS vaccine with Lynn Morris
Channel: Science and Cocktails Johannesburg
Date: 14/09/2015

Science & Cocktails Johannesburg
25 August 2015
Speaker:  Prof Lynn Morris --  head of the HIV Virology section within the Centre for HIV & STI's at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and research professor at the School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Is it possible to make an AIDS vaccine? Why do we need one? How far are we in developing one and what role is South Africa playing in this endeavour? Are there other ways to control the AIDS epidemic?
More than thirty years after the first documented cases, AIDS continues to ravage many parts of the world, with sub-Saharan Africa particularly badly affected. In South Africa alone, almost six million people are living with HIV. Although the development and availability of anti-retroviral drugs has helped to improve the quality of life for those afflicted with the disease, the world's best hope to stop the epidemic rests on developing a safe and effective AIDS vaccine.

Professor Lynn Morris, whose laboratory at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has made significant contributions towards this goal, discusses the successes and challenges involved in developing an AIDS vaccine. 


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