Step by step, the HIV problem is been beaten into submission. Now we
have what appears to be a useful vaccine that can obviously slash
infection rates for those most at risk. All this produces a
decreasing pool of infectious sources which lowers the infection rate
in a virtuous cycle.
Today it is not outright cured, but it is managed and that generally
means it is safely managed. If the risk of infection can be reduced
to negligible then the prospects of eventual extinction soon becomes
plausible.
The Aids Pandemic was the NASA moon shot for biological research and
we are seeing the fruits every day. The first cocktail for halting
the progress of Aids consisted of three very toxic pills. Today the
practitioner chooses from a palette of fifty different pills many
with low toxicity.
The idea of a cocktail has also permeated itself into a whole range
of disease protocols with success.
HIV Vaccine in
Canada Shows Success in Human Trial
SAV001-H is currently
the only drug for HIV/AIDS under development in Canada and a recent
report has revealed that human clinical trials for testing the same
preventative vaccine have been completely successful.
Researchers from the
University of Western Ontario have developed the drug, which has been
reported to show no adverse effects in the trials. The first human
trial had been conducted in March with the consent of the U. S. Food
and Drug Administration.
It has been told that
18 to 50 men and women, who had been recruited for the same, realized
no side-effects. An injection of SAV001-H was given to them and till
date, no adverse consequences have been reported.
The drug is being
supported by Sumagen Canada, which is responsible for the management
of clinical development of the vaccine. The same has also been
reported to have caused no increase in the formations of the HIV-1
antibody in a few patients.
The findings have
boosted the team's hope to see success of the final stage trials,
which would eventually mean the introduction of the first
commercialized HIV vaccine. "I have no doubt about Phase 2.
Phase 3 - God only knows", Dr. Chil-Yong Kang was quoted as
saying.
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