AIDS vaccine cuts risk nearly a third, researchers say

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 01:42 in Health & Medicine

More than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand tested the combination of two other vaccines. It is unknown whether it would be effective against other strains of the disease. 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...

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