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Scientists see AIDS vaccine within reach after decades

A 2009 clinical trial in Thailand was the first to show it was possible to prevent HIV infection in humans. Since then, discoveries have pointed to even more powerful vaccines using HIV-fighting antibodies. Now scientists believe a licensed vaccine is within reach.

Published
17 July 2012
From
Yahoo News
Global health initiatives
Gates Foundation readies a round of tempting biotech investments

A little more than a year ago the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made waves when it invested $10 million in Liquidia Technologies. After seeding a host of research efforts with billions of dollars in grant money contributed by the software mogul, the foundation opted for an equity stake in place of one of its usual contributions. And its executives indicated that more biotech investments might follow.

Published
02 July 2012
From
Fierce Biotech
PrEP
Uganda: 'Truvada is not HIV vaccine'

Scientists in Uganda have dismissed reports that an HIV vaccine has been found. The reports follow the US-based Food and Drug Administration's approval of the antiretroviral drug Truvada as a preventive measure against the transmission of HIV. Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, says Truvada is not an HIV vaccine but an antiretroviral drug.

Published
22 June 2012
From
AllAfrica
Vaccines
UCSF researchers identify a potential new HIV vaccine/therapy target

After being infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in a laboratory study, rhesus macaques that had more of a certain type of immune cell in their gut than others had much lower levels of the virus in their blood, and for six months after infection were better able to control the virus.

Published
31 May 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Vaccines
HIV vaccine carries its own adjuvant into clinical trials

Following its "allowed to proceed" notice, the NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) has started enrollment of GeoVax's second-generation HIV vaccine. The trial will include 48 people at four sites in the US.

Published
28 May 2012
From
Fierce Vaccines
Vaccines
Experts, Advocates Urge Continued Funding For Research Into HIV, TB Vaccines

"[P]articipants at a symposium held last week by the U.K. Consortium on AIDS and International Development warned that [progress on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) vaccines] could be jeopardized by the recent downturn in global health funding," BMJ reports.

Published
23 May 2012
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Vaccines
Newly discovered breast milk antibodies help neutralize HIV

Antibodies that help to stop the HIV virus have been found in breast milk. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center isolated the antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi.

Published
23 May 2012
From
EurekAlert (press release)
Vaccines
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: A Statement from Anthony Fauci

With an ongoing commitment to HIV vaccine research, we have the potential to radically change the trajectory of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Published
18 May 2012
From
NIAID
Vaccines
What ever happened to the Thai HIV vaccine?

In 2009, it was announced that the first successful HIV vaccine, the Thai vaccine, had been identified. At the time, this news was greeted with both excitement and skepticism, but we haven’t heard much about it since. What happened to the vaccine? Why isn’t it available? Will it ever be?

Published
14 May 2012
From
CATIE
Study confirms early elevated HIV infection risk in some Step Study participants

A long-term follow-up analysis of participants in the Step Study, an international HIV-vaccine trial, has confirmed that certain subgroups of male study participants were at higher risk of becoming infected after receiving the experimental vaccine compared to those who received a placebo.

Published
07 May 2012
From
EurekAlert (press release)
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