HIV Vaccine Ready For Clinical Trials

amigoro writes with the happy news that a possible vaccine against HIV is nearing readiness for clinical trials. The compound could provide a 'double whammy' by not only inoculating the patient against future infection, but destroying an HIV infection in progress. "The vaccine is an artificial virus-like particle whose outer casing consists of the TBI (T- and B cell epitopes containing immunogen) protein constructed by the researchers combined with the polyglucin protein. This protein contains nine components stimulating different cells of the immune system: both the ones that produce antibodies and the ones that devour the newcomer."

But what if youv got the AIDS?

[CodyRazor]

...not HIV but full blown aids?

Testing?

[Secacat]

How would you test this?

Screw AIDS patients and see if you get sick? /headsmack D'oh! I was in the placebo group!

Shweet

[Aqua OS X]

Slashdot: Curing AIDS once a month since 1997.

Re:Shweet

[EnsilZah]

Don't be silly, Slashdot doesn't cure AIDS.
It just reduces your chances of exposure.

Terminology

[Eesh]

"Double whammy", of course, being a professional immunological term.

The day they come out with a cure for AIDS.

[pcgabe]

I dunno how much AIDS scare y'all, but I got a theory - the day they come out with a cure for AIDS, guaranteed, one-shot cure, on that day, there's gonna be fscking in the streets, man.

'It's over! Who're you? C'mere! What's your name, baby? No, it's over, yeah, woo-hoo!'

Man, if you can't get laid on that day, cut it off.

Bill Hicks [youtube.com]

Re:hmm...

[SageMusings]

The pharmaco can be guilty of violating the DMCA if they can be shown to have puzzled out the inner workings of a virus Nature has created then circumvent it for monetary gain.

Re:Sad..

[turgid]

It's called abstinence.

But it only works properly if you wear a special magic ring [guardian.co.uk].

Re:Sad..

[KalElOfJorEl]

- not being bitten, scratched or otherwise suffering an infectious injury from a carrier

They're HIV/AIDS victims, not zombies . . .