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...panel of scientists has reviewed and evaluated the validity of the study's methods and the authors' conclusions before publication; once published, other research groups repeat or analyze the data in more depth to further ensure that they are legitimate. The results of the AIDS-vaccine trial did not benefit from either leg of this process. The investigators chose instead to announce the results in a press conference in Thailand, at the request of the Thai government, which wanted to inform its citizens of the positive findings as soon as possible. A U.S. press conference, including the U.S. Army researchers...
While unfortunate, Fauci says the circumstances surrounding the release of the data should not detract from the potential benefit the results may yet extend to AIDS-vaccine research. The trial was never intended to serve as a demonstration of effectiveness to license a new vaccine, he says. As such, it was a proof-of-concept study that showed it is indeed possible to generate an immune response against HIV - even if only a small...
With health-care expenditures through the roof, this patient benefit is practically free, says Janigro, who used his own iPod and that of a colleague's to pump in the music for the study. "The clinic doesn't have a budget for iPods yet, but soon I think we will. It's a no-brainer," he says. "There's nothing more calming than sleep...
...Citi executives are taking a different path out of the financial crisis than many of its rivals, which at times has been a benefit to those rivals. With the acquisition of Citi's Salomon Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley now has the largest brokerage force in the nation. And while Morgan has gotten out of some trading businesses, it is expanding its retail banking business. Executives at Bank of America and Wells Fargo say there are no plans to sell off major pieces of those banks...
...give it the option of building weapons, but the more likely outcome of a diplomatic process is one that strengthens safeguards against weaponization rather than reversing Tehran's existing enrichment capacity. And the question of whether that's acceptable to the West will ultimately be answered by a cost-benefit analysis of the available alternatives...