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Large-scale trials for HIV vaccines in countries where the virus is most widespread may soon be possible, thanks in part to research conducted by Cesar J. Lopez...
Lopez was part of a team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that tested the feasibility of using dry-blood spot cards to preserve blood for HIV testing at a later date...
...patient at a low-tech clinic could potentially provide a single drop of blood and have the sample sent to a central facility, where it would undergo high-tech testing for the existence of HIV...
Last summer, Lopez, a chemical and physical biology major, tested bodily fluids of monkeys infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (the equivalent of HIV in monkeys). He found that the viral levels detected in stored blood were comparable to levels detected in fresh blood...
...findings indicated that it was feasible to preserve blood stored in the cards for high-tech HIV testing rather than rely solely on fresh blood samples...