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HIV vaccine trial has positive results

Posted on: October 20, 2009 - 4:45pm

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HIV vaccine trial has positive results

"Scientists announced last month that a combination of vaccines gave a 31% level of protection in trials among 16,000 heterosexuals aged 18-30. Doubts had been raised about whether the finding was significant. But new data published at a conference in Paris indicates that, while small scale, the findings are robust and statistically significant."

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Posted on: October 20, 2009 - 5:08pm #1

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This is news.

Posted on: October 20, 2009 - 5:11pm #2

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Quote:Scientists announced

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Scientists announced last month that a combination of vaccines gave a 31% level of protection in trials among 16,000 heterosexuals aged 18-30.

Wait, so there's a heterosexual vaccine and a homosexual one?

Posted on: October 20, 2009 - 5:26pm #3

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Cpt_pineapple wrote:

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Scientists announced last month that a combination of vaccines gave a 31% level of protection in trials among 16,000 heterosexuals aged 18-30.

Wait, so there's a heterosexual vaccine and a homosexual one?

Shush, woman!

Although I do find the fact they differentiated sexual preference a little disturbing.

Also, they said that it would not work elsewhere. It is simply a milestone in developing a vaccine for the virus.

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Posted on: October 20, 2009 - 5:33pm #4

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I'm not sure how it would

I'm not sure how it would matter. The virus doesn't get altered because you got it in the ass instead of the pussy.
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Posted on: October 23, 2009 - 9:10pm #5

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I think that the

I think that the heterosexual thing is just them reporting all the news. HIV is more prevalent in gay men (that is true right, otherwise just ignore me). It was probably done for this reason, since if it is more likely you'll get the disease in the first place then their percentage of people who were protected would go down. I suppose this might discredit the study somewhat.

Posted on: October 27, 2009 - 2:59pm #6

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Stosis wrote:I think that

Stosis wrote:

I think that the heterosexual thing is just them reporting all the news. HIV is more prevalent in gay men (that is true right, otherwise just ignore me). It was probably done for this reason, since if it is more likely you'll get the disease in the first place then their percentage of people who were protected would go down. I suppose this might discredit the study somewhat.

I believe that the explicit statement of heterosexuals is because they administered the vaccine in Thailand ...where there's a high prevalence of the virus in the heterosexual sex trade there. They had to find people who would come into contact with the virus.

By the way, Globally, HIV is more prevalent among heterosexuals. Go figure.

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Posted on: October 27, 2009 - 3:19pm #7

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HIV

Thomathy is right. HIV is prevelent as a "gay" disorder only in North America, in all the rest of the world it is transmuted throught straight -- heterosexual -- practice.

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