Recent News On Hiv Vaccine Breakthrough

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AFP Examines Recent HIV Vaccine Findings

Agence France-Presse examines how two recent studies have "boosted morale" among HIV vaccine researchers who have struggled for decades to develop a viable vaccine to protect people from the virus. "On September 3, researchers in the United States... Read more »

Recent Releases: Newsletter on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Clinical Trials; Hepatitis C Treatment Program; Articles on AIDS Law, Vaccine Research

AIDSinfo E-News : The new, weekly e-mail newsletter from AIDSinfo, a service of HHS , offers updates on HIV/AIDS research, clinical trials, prevention and treatment (AIDSinfo, 2/18). Commitment to Community Program, National Alliance of State... Read more »

Vaccine Breakthrough Comes With Caveats

One of the main sources of pessimism about prospects for an effective HIV vaccine has been the generally poor results obtained in animal models. In particular, a stringent system involving rhesus macaque monkeys challenged with highly pathogenic... Read more »

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What do you think of this Breakthrough news Doc?

http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/20070410.FIG000000001_sida_les_secrets_de_la_protection_naturelle.html...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Merci de nous avoir envoy cet article trs informatif et trs encourageant. On connat ce petit nombre de patients contrleurs de virus en franais et non-progressors en anglais depuis au moins une dcennie et demie. Et on pensait et continue penser... 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 »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 2 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2009)

Thanks for your quick response. I have to disagree too on one point. You said that HIV is 100% preventable which is correct but it ignores the nature of human beings. Let me explain. Many actually know the ways of transmission but this leads not...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Sorry, I have to disagree with your disagreement!The statement that HIV is 100% preventable is completely true and has nothing to do with human nature! It's just a scientific fact that we could prevent all (or essentially all) HIV... Read more »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 3 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2010)

Thanks again. I understand your difficulties in managing a prevention forum since your objective is to put more fear on the disease to lower further infections but the general and widespread opinion of doctors and researchers is that HIV is a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Dude, you're spending way too much time on this site and arguing with the wrong guy. Generally you and I agree on most things. It's just that I have the perspective of being HIV infected since January 1991 plus the experience of being... 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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recent news on late seroconversion: read last line

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

http://www.thebody.com/confs/retro2006/wilkin1.html

Morpeth et al also described a single unusual case in which an individual did not develop an antibody response for one year after first having a viral load of more than 10 million copies/mL. This... Read more »

HIV News - Treatment - Vacc.

Posted by Frank1964

There are very positive results from new vaccine research, so I thought to share this with you all. I know and hpoe that a cure is not far away. GOD bless us all.

1. Here is the first one:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231252.php

2. Here is... Read more »

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