A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 09/24/2009 - 00:04

BANGKOK (AP) -- For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result.

Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible....


 

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