A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

[metta]

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 31 percent in the world's largest AIDS vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, researchers announced Thursday in Bangkok.

Even though the benefit is modest, "it's the first evidence that we could have a safe and effective preventive vaccine," Col. Jerome Kim said in a telephone interview. He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The institute's director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned that this is "not the end of the road," but said he was surprised and very pleased by the outcome.

"It gives me cautious optimism about the possibility of improving this result" and developing a more effective AIDS vaccine, Fauci said in a telephone interview. "This is something that we can do."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090924/ap_on_re_as/med_aids_vaccine

 

[SuperQueer]

I read that there has also been two antibodies developed to specifically target HIV. Could it really be a cure!? http://www.iavi.org/Pages/home.aspx

 

[kallipolis]

http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=279629

 

[Yohan1989]

We are very close. I really believe that within 5-10 years we might have a 100% cure. I'm only saying that out of faith.

 

[RestlessDevil]

I honestly believe an HIV/AIDS vaccine will be available "soon". We're on the brink of some kind of breakthrough, that's for sure.

 

[Yohan1989]

Did anyone saw that movie (Pedro) is about a gay Cuban guy that has HIV then on to AIDS. That movie is so sad, I even cry all because is base on a true story when Pedro died.

 

[metta]

^
I didn't see the movie but I did see the original Real World Season that he was on. I think that it was the only season that I have watched. It was the closest that I have gotten to personally knowing someone that died of it.

 

[SuperQueer]

We are very close. I really believe that within 5-10 years we might have a 100% cure. I'm only saying that out of faith.

Wouldn't that be nice....

 

[Yohan1989]

^
I didn't see the movie but I did see the original Real World Season that he was on. I think that it was the only season that I have watched. It was the closest that I have gotten to personally knowing someone that died of it.

Yes, I downloaded the movie on torrent. Great movie, but so.... sad.

 

[Yohan1989]

Wouldn't that be nice....

hope of luck