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...ensure blanket protection before the children become sexually active but advise that women up to the age of 26 should still receive the vaccine whether sexually active or not. The vaccine will have no effect on women who have already come into contact with the virus. The vaccine is not currently licensed for use on men. Rosenthal wrote in an email that the initial series of the vaccine will likely give protection against the virus for five years. “Most experts are projecting that a booster shot will be necessary after that time period...
...charging less than other PC brands, especially in a new series of computers called Lenovo 3000. Launched in February, the 3000s are an amalgam of Lenovo and IBM design and technology. The desktops are based on a Chinese product that features a one-button fix-it process to restore virus-damaged systems. They also feature ThinkPad-quality keyboards--all at a very reasonable $349. In comparison with other major brands, Lenovo notebooks ranked at the top for value, according to Current Analysis...
...campaign to annul the vote is not a mass movement, but a loose network of grassroots campaigns that began on the Internet and spread like a virus through the wired middle classes. The popular Orkut dating site has dozens of pages devoted to urging annulment; Brazilian MTV ran a spot that was criticized as encouraging youngsters to spoil their ballots; and rock stars have amplified the sedition with passionate pleas from the stage. The idea took hold so quickly that the federal electoral court rushed to counter it with radio and TV ads appealing to voters to make their decision...
...testing in women. Dr. Gita Ramjee, of the HIV Prevention Research Unit in Durban, South Africa, has worked with all five, and is hopeful that they will prove effective and make an impact on the disease. Because these latest microbicides are reformulated ARVs, however, the problem of the virus becoming resistant to them is a potential drawback. Dr. Peter Piot, of UNAIDS, suggests basing microbicides only on the drugs that do not make it through the pharmaceutical pipeline - many are rejected because they don't maintain high enough levels in the blood to treat an HIV infection, but could...
...that using ARVs before exposure to HIV may have the same effect in protecting partners. Five trials, all involving two compounds, Tenofovir or Truvada, are now underway in Thailand, Botswana, Peru, West Africa and even the U.S. It's being tested in groups at highest risk of transmitting the virus - commercial sex workers and gay men. "What you want is a high level of ARV in the blood and body secretions, so that when you are exposed to HIV, the ARV will kill the virus," explains Dr. Peter Piot, director of UNAIDS. "Because at infection, the number of virus particles...