Thank you!

Dec 02, 2014

Thank you!We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to our project so far! We are new to experiment.com and are extremelyexcited to be trying this new endeavor.  We greatly appreciate all the interest andsupport and are eager to see what the next 30 days have in store for us!
We have reached 10% of our goal and have received views frompeople across the world including India, South Korea and Australia. 
Pleasecontinue to spread the word and stay tuned for more news! 
Thank you!
Roderick, Jessica and the Slavcev Lab

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About This Project

Can bacterial viruses be engineered to protect against human viral infections like HIV?

University of Waterloo

Bacteriophages (phages) are bacterial viruses that are very safe to humans, and can be manipulated both on the genetic and physical levels.

Our lab specializes in the engineering of phage to treat human diseases. We have made a phage that can target key immune cells in the body (dendritic cells) to deliver DNA that encodes a safe vaccine that can stimulate powerful immunity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS.