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Withers: Promising news on the AIDS vaccine front

James Withers — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:21:43 +0000

Don’t want to push this story too hard, but the possibility of a AIDS vaccine is a step closer this morning. United States government scientists have found three HIV antibodies, one that blocks(...)

Study: HIV vaccines do not increase risk of infection

Ali Davis — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:47:23 +0000

New Scientist magazine reports that initial fears that HIV vaccines might actually make one more vulnerable to HIV infection have been allayed. Early trials using HIV genes inserted into an inert cold virus indicated that such a vaccine made test subjects more succeptible to later contracting HIV, but a new analysis indicates that this is [...]

Experimental HIV vaccine awaits approval for human testing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:43 +0000

(Canada) An Ontario professor has developed an experimental HIV vaccine that may be soon brought state-side for human testing.

Dr. Chil-Yong Kang, a University of Western Ontario professor,(...)