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Potential HIV vaccine

Potential HIV vaccine

Thrax Robert Hallock 5 Nov, 2007 at 5:08pm ET Article published in Tech

Researchers in Sweden have produced an HIV vaccine that has a 90%+ immunity rate in phase 1 human trials.

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Comments

  1. QCH
    6 Nov 2007 ~ 10:48pm QCH No comments? This is OUTSTANDING NEWS!!! Now to get it totally proven and added to the normal set of vaccines for kids.
  2. Thrax
    6 Nov 2007 ~ 10:50pm Thrax omg vaccines are evil :rolleyes:
  3. shwaip
    6 Nov 2007 ~ 11:06pm shwaip they were testing a vaccine for it here at the UW, but it turns out that it just made you more susceptible to the virus. Hopefully, the Swedish one works better.
  4. maxclark
    7 Nov 2007 ~ 12:25am maxclark but if im not mistaken, aren't there like tons of different types HIV viruses?? that is why it is so hard to find a cure because the virus is different in different people...
  5. maxclark
    7 Nov 2007 ~ 12:35am maxclark also if im not mistaken, that article is from last year....
  6. Thrax
    7 Nov 2007 ~ 12:40am Thrax It is, actually, however I was hoping that people would be interested by the research and look into the phase II trials.

    //edit: It was also on the front page of digg.

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