Promising Norwegian HIV vaccine Tested 57
mkeke writes "The Norway Post is reporting: "A new Norwegian vaccine against HIV has attracted interest abroad, and is now being tested on 40 Norwegian HIV patients. The vaccine apparently helps to repair the patients' immune system, thus preventing the development of aids."
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Interesting, but ... (Score:5, Insightful)
It's too bad the details are so scarce in the article. It would be nice to know exactly what this vaccine does (enhance T-cells, etc?). For the moment, this news isn't very helpful to the majority of HIV sufferers. I suppose any progress is progress, though.
Thank god it's Norway (Score:3, Insightful)
Vaccine (Score:5, Insightful)
HIV is the virus, but the 'vaccine' does not prevent HIV infection, it helps stop the effects of the HIV. I think they mean it's a vaccine in the sense that it can prevent AIDS.
An HIV infected person will still have HIV and can still transmit it to other people, even if they have had this vaccine.
Re:Vaccine (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Wording (Score:2, Insightful)
A true HIV vaccine would be given to individuals so that if they were to be exposed to HIV, their bodies would be able to fight off the virus.