Oh crap, this is huge!

Sep 24, 2009 09:51

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MICHAEL CASEY, AP

BANGKOK - 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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anonymous September 24 2009, 19:22:57 UTC
Yeah, I heard this on the news. I'm a bit surprised scientists don't experiment more with putting two or more medicines together and see what the results are. Oh well, maybe this will encourage them now :3

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viragobmom September 24 2009, 19:24:58 UTC
oh, that was me. Somehow whenever I close firefox my cookies are reset and I have to relog into every single darn page whenever I open firefox again >.>

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shadow3397 September 24 2009, 22:01:35 UTC
I'm willing to bet they've tried it before and it didn't work right, they just found the right mixture this time.

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lordsathien September 24 2009, 21:11:23 UTC
Yeah, I read this in the System section of my Wii's News Channel. I'm really glad we're making actual progress now.

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