Possibly good news

HIV vaccine ‘reduces infection’:
[Via BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition]

An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut infection rates, in a major trial in Thailand, researchers say.

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This was a large , long term study. It used some older versions of two vaccines that had not worked on their own. It was not complete protection, lowering the incidence rate by 30% or so but a positive step is a positive step.

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