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AIDS Vaccine Testing at Crossroads
March 26, 2008
By David Brown
The leaders of the federal government's effort to develop an AIDS vaccine said yesterday that more of their budget needs to be spent on basic lab research and less on testing the current crop of vaccines, none of which has proved useful in human trials.
The declaration made at a "summit meeting" is tantamount to an admission that almost no progress has been made in the search for an AIDS vaccine in the past 25 years and that something close to new start is necessary.
The conference, held at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, was called after a much-touted vaccine tested in half a dozen countries not only failed to benefit people who received it but also may have actually increased their chance of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
© 2008 The Washington Post Company
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032503153.html
Related Article:
Government Sees Overhaul of AIDS Vaccine Effort
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2539657120080325
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 26 March 2008
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