Groundbreaking AIDS Research | New Vaccine Cuts HIV Infection
Sep 24th, 2009 by Enrico
For the first time in 20 years of HIV vaccine trials, a vaccine has been developed that cuts the chances of being infected by 31 percent. This is being called a “historical milestone” in the HIV/AIDS research.
In what was the largest trial ever held for AIDS research, 16,000 volunteers from Thailand had participated in the experiment.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, clearly stated the development was “not the end of the road,” but said he was surprised and very pleased by the outcome.
This breakthrough is very exciting considering 7,500 people are infected with HIV every day worldwide. According to UNAIDS, in 2007, it is estimated that 32.9 million people are living with AIDS. By the end of 2007, it was reported that two million people have died from the deadly disease.
Hopefully one day, we can look back on AIDS the same way we look back on Smallpox: as a disease that once was deadly but now does not exist.