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  1. AIDS - Vaccine for AIDS Works (USA Today News - Sternberg) star
      "Nearly two decades after the discovery of the AIDS virus, researchers Monday report for the first time that an AIDS vaccine can prevent infection but with sharply different success rates depending on race."

      "The first full-scale human trial of the vaccine, AIDSVAX, indicates that although the vaccine failed to protect whites and Hispanics, it appears to be effective in Asians and blacks. Blacks account for half of all new infections in the USA, federal statistics show."

      "Jose Esparza, director of AIDS vaccine research for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), called the finding 'probably the most important accomplishment in vaccine research in 15 years. This is the first time anyone has shown protection (against HIV) in humans, not monkeys.' "

      "Although the vaccine failed to provide protection overall, it was 78.3% effective in blacks and 68% effective in Asians." 2-03

  2. AIDS and HIV Resources

  3. -08-21-06 AIDS Mystery Solved (CBS News)
      "The cells are turned off by HIV, which disarms them by flicking off a molecular switch in the cells. But in the laboratory, researchers were able to block that switch and restore T-cell function."

      "The findings raise the possibility that one day, doctors could switch a chronically ill patient's immune system back 'on' so that it could resume its fight against HIV, cancer or even Hepatitis C." 08-06

  4. Judd, Ashley and Roberts, Kate: Fighting HIV/AIDS in Youth (CNN News)
      " 'There is an extraordinary, compelling, urgent problem,' she [Judd] said, noting that more than 12 million people under the age of 25 are infected with HIV and that more than 50 percent of all new infections occur among 15- to 24-year-olds." 10-07

  5. -03-18-09 A New Approach to AIDS (Time.com)
      "In fact, the search for an AIDS vaccine has been thwarted over and over by the tricky, unexpected nature of HIV, whose behavior is only now coming to be understood. The human immune system does not appear to develop an effective response to HIV simply by being exposed to a virus surface protein or two — an approach that has worked for many other vaccines in the past."

      "In a very small fraction of people infected with HIV, the body's immune response is able to control the virus and prevent it from progressing to full-blown AIDS. Rockefeller scientists found six such people with high levels of the antibodies that inhibit HIV proliferation and keep it from invading new cells. Taking blood samples from these special few, the researchers isolated the antibodies and set about discovering how they work." 03-09

  6. -12-15-10 Doctors Say Stem Cells Cured Man of AIDS Virus (KKKTV.com)
      "Stem cells have been credited with all sorts of medical magic. Now it looks as if they may have cured a man of his HIV infection."

      "In 2007, the 40-something-year-old American underwent a blood stem cell transplant to treat leukemia. His donor not only was a good blood match but also had a mutant gene that confers natural resistance to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS."

      "Now, three years later, the man shows no sign of leukemia or HIV, according to a report in the journal 'Blood.' " 12-10

  7. 06-04-11 Success with HIV/AIDS in Brazil (CNN News)
      "As we mark the 30th anniversary of the CDC's official reporting of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, it's surprising to see which nation has fared the best in response. It's not the United States; it's not China, India, or even Russia ... It's our good friend to the south, Brazil."

      "After several trips to cities throughout the country, interviewing AIDS patients, health officials, and activists, it gradually became clear that the government was indeed fully committed to eradicating AIDS, in turn proving to the world that it had the technical capacity and political commitment needed to do so." 06-11

  8. -12-01-11 Bono Extols U.S. Leadership on AIDS (Time.com)
      "Bono spoke glowingly about the United States' leadership in the fight against AIDS, calling this country's efforts the 'greatest heroic act since America jumped into the Second World War.' It is an 'extraordinary thing that the United States has done, which is in the war against this tiny little virus, which has caused so much destruction and heartache, American leadership has been the turning point,' Bono says, mustering all the Irish charm that propelled U2 through decades of rock stardom. 'Five million lives have been saved around the world because of American leadership.' "

      Also try: HIV and AIDS. 12-11

  9. -04-23-14 Editorial: Why There Won't Be a Cure for AIDS (Time.com)
      " 'Do I think [UNAIDS] will end the epidemic? No, I don’t; I think we’d be kidding ourselves,' says Gallo. Until an effective vaccine is developed that can protect people completely from becoming infected with HIV, he says, we can only talk about functional cures — getting people who are infected with HIV to the point where the virus remains at undetectably low levels – and unable to become activated again." 04-14

  10. HIV and AIDS (Awesome Library)
      Provides a more comprehensive set of resources on HIV and AIDS.

  11. HIV and AIDS - Child Activist Dies (CNN)
      Provides news of the death of 12-year-old Nkosi, who has provided world leadership in the fight to stop discrimination against children who have contracted the disease. 2-01

  12. HIV and AIDS (DHAP)
      Provides links to resources from the Division on HIV and AIDS Prevention of the Center for Disease Control. 1-04

  13. HIV and AIDS Statistics (CDC)
      Provides statistics on HIV and AIDS. 2-00

  14. -HIV and AIDS Treatment Information (Project Inform)
      Provides comprehensive information on treatment, organized by subject and searchable.

  15. HIV and AIDS Resources (RCAP)
      Provides links to over 40 sources of information on HIV and AIDS.

  16. HIV and AIDS Treatment (The Body)
      Provides factsheets, location of support groups, research information, and more.

  17. -HIV and AIDS Daily News Service (CDC - NPIN)
      Provides latest news from a clipping service of major sources of new information from research. Service can be provided automatically through email. 12-05

  18. HIV and AIDS Resources (About.com - Cichocki)
      Provides news, statistics, a glossary, factsheets, and information about the latest research. 2-01

  19. Cheapest Anti-HIV Drug Produced (NewScientist.com)
      Describes a cocktail of three drugs now available through the government of Thailand. "The government says that the cocktail, named GPO-Vir, will be sold for just 20 baht ($0.45) per pill, meaning that a month's supply of the drugs would fall from 5000 baht ($114) per person for the three separate drugs, to just 1,200 baht ($27)." 3-02

  20. HIV/AIDS and Government Policy (PBS.org - NOW)
      Provides a lesson on the relationship between the disease and Government policy. 12-05

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