Word: kanki
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...most AIDS deaths, were 70 percent less likely to contract AIDS.TIME science writer Christine Gormanreports that the findings are encouraging news for scientists seeking an AIDS vaccine. Researchers will now try to isolate the part of HIV-2 that helps the immune system fight off HIV-1. Dr. Phyllis Kanki, who headed the study for the Harvard school of Public Health, cautioned however that the new findings do not mean that "people should go out and get infected with HIV-2 to protect against HIV-1." HIV-2 is also a dangerous virus that can cause cancer...
...Phyllis Kanki, assistant professor ofpathobiology at the School of Public Health, saidHIV-infected women generally had a worse prognosisfor survival than HIV-infected men because ofgreater barriers to getting treatment...
...Kanki said cultural barriers in underdevelopedcountries lead to unequal access for women to AZT,currently a leading treatment for HIV-infectedpatients...