In an effort to make testing on HIV/AIDS drugs more successful and more productive, scientists have produced a distinctive strain of the human AIDS virus that is capable of infecting monkeys, specifically the pig-tailed macaque. This will allow these monkeys to be tested with newly created vaccines before they have to be tested on humans. [...]
Promising HIV/AIDS Vaccines on the Horizon?
April 19th, 2009 · No Comments
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AIDS Vaccine in Four Years?
January 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Twenty-five years ago a research team led by Luc Montagnier at the French Pasteur Institution in Paris was responsible for identifying HIV, thus changing the face of AIDS/HIV research, prevention and management. When approached by a colleague for help on determining the cause of AIDS, Montagnier eagerly accepted the challenge and he and his team [...]
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HIV Eradicated : A Dream Realized
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Just over fifty years ago, there were approximately fifty million smallpox cases in the world. In the 20th century alone, nearly 500 million deaths could be attributed to this disease; however, in 1979, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that due to vaccinations, smallpox had been completely eliminated from the world. Now, imagine that same [...]
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