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A vaccine designed to provide immunity against HIV actually infects animal test subjects, researchers at the Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently discovered, dealing a serious blow to hopes that a vaccine can be developed in the near future.
HMS researchers, led by Assistant Professor of Medicine Ruth Ruprecht, tested the vaccine on eight newborn monkeys and 16 adults, according to data published in the February issue of Nature Medicine.
Previous experiments led researchers to believe that the most promising vaccine to fight HIV would use a weakened virus, but this idea now has to be revised, Ruprecht said.
Take Gates' vaccine initiative. It came after months of research into existing immunization programs and meetings with world-health experts, including one gab session at his Medina, Wash., home a few weeks before the gift's unveiling. The cause appealed to him in part because it promised rapid, tangible returns...
--Polio vaccine 1955, by Jonas Salk, approved for use