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Therapeutic vaccines

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Microbicide and vaccine both hit snags

Positive Living article • www.sciencedaily.com • 4 March 2010

PRO 2000, the microbicide gel, has failed to protect women against HIV infection in the largest microbicide study to date. read more »

Shot in the arm: Australian HIV treatment shows early promise

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 15 February 2004

Australian researchers have released the results of an early trial of an experimental(Of a drug) Not licensed for use in humans, or as a treatment for a particular condition. Experimental drugs are studied in clinical trials to determine their safety and efficacy(Of a drug or treatment). The maximum ability of a drug or treatment to produce a result regardless of dosage. A drug passes efficacy trials if it is effective at the dose tested and against the illness for which it is prescribed. In the standard procedure, Phase II clinical trials gauge efficacy, and Phase III trials confirm it., and are sometimes made available via Special Access Schemes prior to their approval. 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. read more »

Vaccines: the udder truth

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 1 February 2003

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

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