AIDS vaccine!
It is encouraging to learn from an USAID release dt. 4/9/2009 that USAID partner, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), has made a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS discovery that may bring the scientific community a bit closer to an HIV vaccine, The USAID and the IAVI have been in a cooperative agreement since 2006 to accelerate the discovery of an AIDS vaccine, The IAVI with the support of USAID has successfully tested over 1800 HIV positive individuals in several developing countries leading to the discovery of some highly effective antibodies that create immunity against many strains of HIV. Published recently in the journal Sciences, the finding will provide critical information that is, sure to shape vaccine research in the coming days.
We congratulate USAID and IAVI for their untiring efforts and subsequent accomplishment towards discovering a HIV/AIDS vaccine and sincerely wish their ultimate success.
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