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South Africa Launches First African Developed AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trials
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As reported by The Associated press and South African Star ...
South Africa announced the launch of clinical trials of the first AIDS vaccines created by a developing country with assistance from the U.S....
"It has been a very, very hard journey," lead scientist Professor Anna-Lise Williamson of the University of Cape Town said... American health officials gave technical help and manufactured the vaccine at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Trials to test the safety in humans of the vaccines begin this month on 36 healthy volunteers, Anthony Mbewu, president of South Africa's government-supported Medical Research Council, said in an interview ... "This is the first time a vaccine designed in South Africa is being tested. That's why there's so much excitement around this." Mbewu's respected organization shepherded the project...
A trial of 12 volunteers in Boston began earlier this year...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and a leading AIDS researcher, said the South African scientists received more money from his institute's research fund than any others in the world except the U.S. ... He called it "the most important AIDS research partnership in the world."...
Read on & Comment at: http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5090938
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As reported by The Associated press and South African Star ...
South Africa announced the launch of clinical trials of the first AIDS vaccines created by a developing country with assistance from the U.S....
"It has been a very, very hard journey," lead scientist Professor Anna-Lise Williamson of the University of Cape Town said... American health officials gave technical help and manufactured the vaccine at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Trials to test the safety in humans of the vaccines begin this month on 36 healthy volunteers, Anthony Mbewu, president of South Africa's government-supported Medical Research Council, said in an interview ... "This is the first time a vaccine designed in South Africa is being tested. That's why there's so much excitement around this." Mbewu's respected organization shepherded the project...
A trial of 12 volunteers in Boston began earlier this year...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and a leading AIDS researcher, said the South African scientists received more money from his institute's research fund than any others in the world except the U.S. ... He called it "the most important AIDS research partnership in the world."...
Read on & Comment at: http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5090938
and,
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jYfmlJybMcNe_Uze-...
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