Comments | astridmoon: A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

astridmoon

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

Sep 24, 2009 09:44

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible ( Read more... )

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Very positive story ! masteralucard October 1 2009, 00:44:02 UTC

the article mentions that AIDS has spread to different types of strains like the flu virus..i always thought it was only one ? i'm wondering if race, ethnicity and environments has created so many different versions that it would take a while to narrow it down or not. It makes you think. Hopefully with so many different people in the world and whatnot this is not the case and seems like the research is finally starting to pay off to vacinations.

Re: Very positive story ! astridmoon October 7 2009, 15:45:30 UTC

YEAH I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THERE ONLY BEING ONE TYPE OF AIDS.. I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE THAT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT STRAINS...