Scripps Research find could lead to AIDS vaccine

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SAN DIEGO — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla have helped identify two rare and potent human antibodies to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Their discovery could finally reveal a chink in the armor of the deadly virus and lead to development of an effective, broad-based AIDS vaccine.


It doesn't really seem tenable that a full vaccine could be developed for a mutating retrovirus like HIV, but anything is possible.

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In a first, an AIDS vaccine shows some success - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090925/ap_on_he_me/med_aids_vaccine)

Scientists and government leaders have already started mapping out how to try to improve the world's first successful AIDS vaccine, which protected one in three people from getting HIV in a large study in Thailand.

That's not good enough for immediate use, researchers say. Yet it is a watershed event in the 26 years since the AIDS virus was discovered. Recent setbacks led many scientists to think a successful vaccine would never be possible.


Could be a start!