Immune-based therapies

The art of being naive

There are numerous issues to be considered before going on a clinical trial, writes PETER WATTS.

Shot in the arm: Australian HIV treatment shows early promise

 Australian researchers have released the results of an early trial of an experimental vaccine which shows promise as a treatment for HIV. The results are considered significant partly because previous attempts to develop a therapeutic HIV vaccine have mostly been abandoned due to poor outcomes.

Global crisis: local action

!(thumbnail)/files/2003-6-06_ashm-thumb.jpg( )! The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) is Australia’s only regular HIV medical conference. PAUL KIDD reports on the latest medical developments discussed at this year’s conference in Cairns.

News and treatments briefs

 Selected brief news items from the pages of Positive Living.
Backgrounder: HIV basics

Vaccines: the udder truth

 The extraordinary, perplexing and at times alarming tale of a country doctor, a milkmaid, a cow named Blossom and a very lucky young boy.

2001 European HIV conference, Athens

A report from the 8th European Conference on the Clinical Aspects and Treatment of HIV Infection, held in Athens, Greece in October, 2001.