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...called BCG vaccine to fight the disease in the early 1920s. But the present-day BCG method is far from ideal. It requires injecting needles into infants—a risky endeavor in areas where clean needles are hard to find, and where reusing old ones can spread HIV. Moreover, the BCG vaccine must be stored at cool temperatures, complicating its distribution to remote areas...
Edwards’ spray solves many of the problems with the current BCG method. It doesn’t require needles—thus eliminating the HIV risk—and may also prove more effective than injecting needles under the skin. The spray immunizes directly through the lungs, which is the route of infection for TB. The new method may also depend less on refrigeration...
...wish, playing a prostitute loudly giving birth on a Madrid city bus in Live Flesh. Then the director, whose films are populated by heroic transvestites and lovable hookers, cast her in another memorable maternity part in All About My Mother, in 1999, this time as a pregnant, HIV-positive...
...Harvard study provides the most conclusive evidence yet that an HIV patient’s genetic charactersitics affect the rate at which the disease progresses. Associate Professor of Medicine Marcus Altfeld and his team found that the structure of inherited immune system molecules, known as HLA Class I, partially determines HIV patients’ reaction to the virus. “This means that some genetic factors have an important effect on HIV’s progression very early in infection,” Altfeld said. “What happens early in infection determines the rate at which...
...Atlanta, Ga. At the CDC, he devised the concept of “containment vaccination,” which contributed greatly to the eradication of smallpox. Fauci serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His work has focused primarily on the fight against HIV and AIDS. Among other contributions, Fauci’s research proved that HIV is never latent in infected patients. Former U.S. Surgeon General Julius B. Richmond, the emeritus professor of health policy at Harvard for whom the award is named, spoke at the presentation, along with both honorees. Richmond emphasized...