The new AIDS Vaccine is supposed to be a new break through according to AOL news. Researchers came up with the vaccine by trying out two unsuccessful vaccines, and the new vaccine is suppose to cut the risk of being infected with HIV by 31 percent in the world's largest AIDS vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand.
According to AOL News the institute's director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned that this is "not the end of the road," but he said he was surprised and very pleased by the outcome. The study used strains of HIV common in Thailand. Also according to AOL News Whether such a vaccine would work against other strains in the U.S., Africa or elsewhere in the world is unknown, scientists stressed, even a marginally helpful vaccine could have a big impact. Every day, 7,500 people worldwide are newly infected with HIV; 2 million died of AIDS in 2007, UNAIDS estimates, the study tested the two-vaccine combination in a "prime-boost" approach, in which the first one primes the immune system to attack HIV and the second one strengthens the response. With this new AIDS vaccine a lot of people may now start to get home, because before when there wasn't a cure for AIDS at all many people just became hopeless and really gave in because they felt as if they had nothing to live for. Now with this type of news they can have hope again. This is really giving people a second chance on life.
http://news.aol.com/health/article/new-aids-vaccine/684837
I read an article and wrote a blog about this too. While I was reading about the study, I wondered if they told each group whether they received the placebo or the vaccines and how that would have affected their study. It's still great that there's such a major step in finding a vaccine for AIDS.
ReplyDeleteI read a similar article when this successful vaccine was announced a week ago. Using the two phases of drugs, one to prep the body to attack the virus, and the other to strengthen the body after it attacks itself, is a very interesting tactic. I believe that this tactic is similar to the ones being used to treat certain types of cancers. The belief is that attacking the virus at once in the hopes of destroying it actually weakens the body's natural defense against cancer, which can be one of the biggest contributor to ridding the body of cancer. This new vaccine and style of treatment is very exciting and hopefully will lead to the elimination of the AIDS virus in our lifetime.
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting! This has the potential to save so many lives and prevent so much suffering around the world. If this vaccine really works it can potentially END THE AIDS EPIDEMIC! I'm sure there are many people and families with new hope because of this discovery. I am excited to see how this pans out. I only hope that if it works it is made available to everyone who needs it and not just those who can afford it, but that is a whole different issue in itself. I am just happy that we have been able to take a step in the right direction.
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