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Table of Contents What Is a Vaccine? I Have HIV -- Why Do HIV Vaccines Matter to Me? Can an HIV Vaccine Cause HIV Infection? Is There an HIV Vaccine? Are There HIV Vaccine Studies Going on Now? How Are HIV Vaccines Tested? What Results Have Been Seen in HIV Vaccine Research? Is HIV Vaccine Research Going Forward? How Long Will it Take to Find an HIV Vaccine That Works? Do Vaccine Trials Do Anything to Help Reduce the...

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what is going to be the next major hiv breakthrough?

Dr. Gerald,What is going to be the next major hiv breakthrough, something that will revolutionize hiv therapy and secure it by taking it to the next level, a positive advancement? What is your outtake on this?Regina...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

It is hard to know where the next HIV breakthrough is going to come from. So many companies and investigators are working on HIV worldwide. It may simply be a series of incremental advances rather than a dramatic breakthrough. There are exciting... Read more »

hoax or breakthrough?

Dr Yong Kang is developing a Vaccine and therapeutic vaccine to HIV. He believes will protect or even clear HIV? Is this for real?? ready in three years .. skeptical......

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

You are right to be skeptical. If a good immune based treatment works, it may well be the key to curing (or at least controlling) HIV infection. It is smart people like Dr. Kang who are likely to figure this out. However, all of these new ideas... Read more »

Any chance of a 2010 breakthrough

on a vaccine or cure for Hiv? I have a feeling the answer is no. I hope you are well, Bobby Bob, with aviral load of -0- and high c4 count. You are an angelin our midst. Don't ever leave us. ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,We can and should always hope for a breakthrough. However, if you're asking if I see a cure or vaccine on the near (or even distant) horizon, unfortunately no, I do not. If we invested the necessary talent and resources and had a clear... Read more »

Can we hope for a curative HIV vaccine? (VACCINE TRIALS, 2009)

Hi Dr. and thanks for your dedication & permanent support to all of us, you are wonderful.What is your opinion about the new preventive HIV vaccine? Do you think that we can build on it to have a curative vaccine soon? I know that you are...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The news about the limited success of the recent AIDS prevention vaccine trial was unexpected and certainly welcomed, considering the numerous vaccine trial failures over the past decade. However, I agree with Tony Foci that this is not a... Read more »

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HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough

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Researchers in HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough
Sun Jul 14, 3:35 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - AIDS ( news - web sites) researchers declared a breakthrough Sunday with the discovery of a naturally occurring gene that effectively blocks the disease's... Read more »

HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough

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Some new HIV breakthrough!

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Just for info:
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in a-plying a technique called RNA Interference to the T-cells of the immune system.

This pioneering technique could be used making HIV-infected T-cells commit suicide if they get infected.

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Major Strategic Breakthrough

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Major Strategic Breakthrough In Controlling The AIDS Virus Made By Montreal Researchers

23 Aug 2006

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=50180

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A team of researchers from the Universite de Montreal and the Centre... Read more »

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