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If anyone ever does discover a cure for the common cold, he or she will be a shoo-in for a Nobel Prize. Not only are colds enormously costly--$10 billion annually in lost wages and productivity in the U.S. alone--but they're almost impossible to prevent. Colds are...
Miramontes' offer is part of a calculated--and well-publicized--effort to break a logjam that has stymied researchers since the start of the AIDS epidemic. Scientists know vaccines are the best way to stop the spread of a deadly virus, but there is no way to determine how effective...
But will Desrosiers' vaccine work in humans? Accidentally giving people AIDS is not the only risk. All AIDS viruses, whether weakened or full strength, permanently insert their genes into the chromosomes of infected cells. Theoretically at least, that microscopic intrusion could lead to problems ranging from cancer to systemic nerve...
Zuniga and Miramontes, however, may never get a chance to help. There are strict rules governing how vaccine trials are conducted in the U.S.--rules that could delay any study by at least two years. Although the volunteers say they might proceed without the blessings of the National Institutes of...
Even some of those who volunteered seem to be having second thoughts. "When I registered, it was more of an idea," says Dr. Bernard Hirschel of Geneva, Switzerland, who had not discussed his decision with his wife and children. "[The organizers] did not even talk about a vaccine that was...