For First Time, AIDS Vaccine Shows Some Success in Trials

New York Times by By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. | Sep. 25, 2009 (News Report)

A new AIDS vaccine tested in Thailand has protected a significant minority against infection, the first time any vaccine against the disease has even partly succeeded in a clinical trial. Full Story »

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 by Judy Plapinger - Sep. 24, 2009

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This is potentially very exciting news. AIDS vaccines have failed overwhelmingly. This study could open the door to better success.

Aidsvax, was originally made by Genentech and is an engineered version of a protein found on the surface of the AIDS virus; it is grown in a broth of hamster ovary cells.

You gotta love the “broth of hamster ovary cells”!!

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