AIDS Vaccine

Accroding to www.abc15.com : Researchers in Thailand have found a vaccine for HIV that is capable of reducing the risk of contracting the virus. The vaccine uses two different vaccine compounds: AIDSVAX and ALVAC. These compounds had originally proved ineffective against fighting AIDS. Through years of research the scientists discovered that the vaccine was about 30% effect at preventing HIV. Volunteer test subjects who had become infected with the HIV virus prior to the tests were not affected by this vaccine, it did nothing to reduce the amount of HIV in the blood stream. This evidence show that the vaccine will only improve your chances of not contracting the virus, but will not cure someone who has it already. While the news of a AIDS vaccine is exciting, the U.S. food and Drug Administration said that much more research would have to be done before the U.S would allow this vaccine to be marketed. Researchers also noted that the vaccine was only effective on a common strain of AIDS in Thailand. They were unsure of how well it would work with other strains in different countries.

source: http://www.abc15.com/content/living/yourhealth/story/Can-a-new-AIDS-vaccine-prevent-HIV-infection/RnI1YwbEKUimtzEL4Gts6g.cspx