JOHANNESBURG: A leader in the search for a vaccine against HIV, which causes AIDS, said that recent advances have given scientists new reason for hope.
Dr. Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, cited the world's first successful test of an experimental AIDS vaccine.
In September, researchers said the vaccine protected one in three people from getting HIV in a large study in Thailand."A vaccine is possible, and we have the scientific tools now to turn that possibility into a reality."
Scientists must now try to improve the vaccine so that it protects more than a third of the people who get it, and lasts for more than the six to 12 months it now appears to be effective.
A vaccine "is the most effective public health measure we've come up with," Bernstein said. - AP
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