BBC reports that the first widespread HIV vaccine trial is set to get underway. You can read the full article here. The trial has been approved by the South African Medicines Control Council and the South African Department of Agriculture, and has been reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration.
"Dr Glenda Gray, of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit at the University of Witwatersrand in Soweto who is also working on the study, said: "Our communities here in South Africa are faced with the burden of HIV on a daily basis, and the trial investigators and study team have spent years developing a rapport with the community so that together we can move forward in our quest to identify improved approaches to prevent new HIV infections."
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"Whilst vaccine development is a long and complex process, we welcome the announcement of this new trial as a further step towards the ultimate goal of stopping the spread of HIV."
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this is good news.
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