Phosphate Buffered Saline → Squalene

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10 Baboons were divided into two groups (five baboons per group) and administered the formulations specified in Table 1. For Group 1, equal parts of the adjuvant MF59-0, and p24gag/sf2 (in a citrate/Tris buffer) were combined to yield a total of 0.7 ml. The composition was gently mixed and 500 μl (to yield 100 μg p24gag/sf2/dose) of vaccine was injected intramuscularly (IM) in the thigh muscle. For Group 2, 1.5 ml of 2×phosphate buffered saline (PBS) was added to 46.8 mg of the PLG-entrapped p24gag/sf2 formulation produced in Example 1. The material was vortexed for about 30 seconds until all beads were in suspension. 1.5 ml of MF59-0 was added to the resuspended beads to yield a total of 3 ml. The composition was gently mixed and 500 μl (to yield 100 μg p24gag/sf2/dose) of vaccine was injected IM in the thigh muscle.

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