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- Controversial vaccine
- Limited clinical trial subjects due to fear of contracting AIDS
- Merck's vaccine may have increased AIDS riskTIME: Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine (November 7, 2007)
- Phase 1 of new option being studied in MassachusettsHealthDay: Boston Trial to Test HIV/AIDS Vaccine (April 11, 2008)
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Scientists have spent billions of dollars in the fight against the AIDS. Studies are underway in hopes of creating a vaccination against the disease. Because the virus mutates quickly, developing a vaccine has proven to be a challenge. The risk of contracting AIDS from a vaccination has lead to a shortage of willing people for clinical trials.http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/090719-the-search-for-an-aids-vaccine.html
In a clinical trial held in Thailand, some patients saw a protection against the disease. The results, released on September 24, 2009, were the first time such vaccine was successful.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/health/research/25aids.html?hp
Controversy Over Aids Vaccine
Controversy over whether or not a successful AIDS vaccine will be found continues. While the need for a vaccine is pressing, research is difficult due to the issues associated with infecting clinical trial subjects with AIDS.- 20 years of failed researchTIME: Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine (November 7, 2007)
- Costing billions of dollarsTIME: Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine (November 7, 2007)
- Immunity to common vaccine vectors presentTIME: Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine (November 7, 2007)
- Risk of contracting it in clinical trialsTIME: Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine (November 7, 2007)
Merck Trial 2007
In November of 2007, the hope of an AIDS vaccine was crushed by research showing that Merck's vaccine had failed. Not only did research show the AIDS vaccine had failed, but many clinical trial subjects may have actually contracted AIDS.TIME: Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine (November 7, 2007)-
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HIV study asks BYU biologist to help
Keith Crandall, chairman of byu's biology department, was asked by researchers working on clinical trials for a new AIDS vaccine to participate in analyzing ... (December 01, 2009)Deseret News -
GAIA World AIDS Day Event - Hope is a Vaccine Award
Jose Esparza, MD Director of the Global AIDS Vaccine Initiative, at the Gates Foundation, Hope is a Vaccine Award Winner, 2005; also receiving Hope is a ... (December 03, 2009)PR Web (press release) -
Pastor Rick and Kay Warren offer hope for AIDS cure
Lisa Beyer from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative spoke of the hope of a vaccine. "Every day, 5500 die because of AIDS, the numbers are numbing," ... (December 01, 2009)OCRegister -
UW researchers work on AIDS vaccine
In October, Dr. Jonah Sacha won an exploratory grant of $100000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a novel AIDS vaccine. ... (December 01, 2009)WKOW-TV.com
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AIDS Vaccine Possible with New Antibodies : Discovery News
New antibodies that neutralize HIV may hold the key to an AIDS vaccine.dsc.discovery.com -
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IAVI's Mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, HIV / AIDS vaccines for use throughout the world.iavi.org -
AIDS vaccine "important step" against disease - Yahoo! News
An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two older versions has made major progress in finding an effective way to combat the illness, researchers said on Thursday.news.yahoo.com
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AIDS Vaccine Blogs
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AIDS Vaccine: Maybe not Effective After All | HIV and ID Observations
Well, that didn't take long: Researchers from the US Army and Thailand announced last month they had found the first vaccine that provided some protection.blogs.jwatch.org -
Indian HIV / AIDS vaccine last stage of Phase I human studies, HIV ...
TRC, a permanent centre of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had done the trials along with National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). ... (December 01, 2009)dancewithshadows.com -
Phase 1 study of Advax AIDS vaccine delivery by electroporation - MPR
Ichor Medical Systems announced positive results from a Phase 1 study utilizing TriGrid electroporation technology in the delivery of Advax, a DNA-based AIDS vaccine candidate being developed by the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center... (November 30, 2009)empr.com -
A New Chance for an AIDS Vaccine | Interesting Health Articles & Facts
Antibodies against the virus are thought to be the key to creating a vaccine for HIV infection. There is currently no cure for AIDS, which is the last and fatal stage of HIV infection. Treatments currently consist of pharmaceu... (November 29, 2009)interesting-health-facts.com
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