Importance Of HIV And AIDS Vaccines In Clinical Use

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HIV/AIDS Vaccine Candidates Enter Crucial Stage As Clinical Trials End, IAVI Head Says

Experimental HIV/AIDS vaccines under development by Merck and Sanofi-Aventis are entering crucial stages, and results from clinical trials for both vaccine candidates are expected in 2008, Seth Berkley, head of the International AIDS Vaccine... Read more »

More Human Clinical Research on HIV/AIDS Vaccine Needed to Find "Magic Formula" Against Disease, Opinion Piece Says

The notion that federal funding for HIV vaccine research should be redirected to HIV/AIDS treatment is a "very pessimistic view" of the possibility of a successful vaccine, David Baltimore, president emeritus at the California Institute of... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: Western University Researcher Finds Backer to Finance Clinical Trials of HIV/AIDS Vaccine

The University of Western Ontario announced recently that Korea-based Curocom Co. Ltd. will put up the $15 million Canadian ($13.3 million U.S.) needed to take an HIV/AIDS vaccine in development through Phase I and Phase II clinical trials. The... Read more »

Ask the Experts

Vaccines against HIV and AIDS

WHEN I TURNED ON THE CNN NEWS THE OTHER NIGHT I CAUGHT THE END OF A STORY ABOUT A NEW VACCINE THAT PREVENTS HIV IN AS MANY AS 50% OR MORE PEOPLE NOW IN TRIAL/TESTING. CAN YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS SUBJECT, OR AT LEAST CLUE ME IN ON WHAT IS GOING...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. Considering that every vaccine against HIV is currently in laboratory studies or in clinical trials, nobody can tell you how well an experimental vaccine works. We do not know how safe or effective any vaccine or... Read more »

HPV vaccine clinical trials

Dear DoctorBless you for your work. I am HIV- and High Risk HPV positive with persistent related diseases. I would very much appreciate any information on where I might participate in a clinical trial for vaccines Many thanksRM...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

I appreciate your volunteering spirit. Finding where clinical trials are is always a challenge. As far as I know there is no single internet site or organization, which lists such sites. Furthermore, when one does find such a list of sites, the... Read more »

HPV Vaccine Clinical Trials; Is there one by me?

Do you know of any HPV vaccine clinical trials going on in Los Angeles? I've written you before regarding my recent condyloma (wart) surgery and related skin cancer, and if trying a vaccine against HPV in a clinical trial might help prevent...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Anal warts can certainly be a nuisance, at the very least. I'm glad you are interested in trials.There are two promising HPV vaccines in trials as noted below. As you can see, both companies are starting their trials in HIV-negative folks.... Read more »

AIDS Vaccine and already infected

Hi, i've been reading the news about all these new trials about HIV vaccines. They are very interesting and I am glad that scientists have come this far. One question I have is do these vaccines only work for those who are not infected? I...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

HIV vaccines remain the subject of intense clinical research. The benefit of vaccines as therapeutics for those with established HIV infection remains unclear; though research in this field continues.... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS Clinical Director - Northern CA

Posted by Anonymous

Open Door Community Health Centers in Arcata, CA is looking for a HIV/AIDS Clinical Director. Position responsible for guiding and monitoring all clincal aspects of the development, implementation, and administration of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS... Read more »

HIV Vaccine Scam

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

(article courtesy of RedFlagsDaily.com)

I told you so. I told you so in the scientific literature. I told you so on the internet. I told you that an HIV vaccine would never work.

This week, the long-awaited results from an independent trial of the... Read more »

AIDS VACCINE question

Posted by cassiusp

Hi Guys,

I want to get a road trip organized from south florida for a bunch of poz guys to go and participate on the trial studies going on for the HIV vaccine in DC. But before I can start this endeavor I want to get to know as much as I can about... Read more »

Standard STD clinic tests should be done too

Posted by Anonymous

Standard STD clinic tests should be done along with AIDS HIV and get vaccinated for hepatitis.

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