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royale-noirThursday, February 26, 2009 at 2:23:00 PM EST
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According to BBC News there are more setbacks in developing an HIV vaccine.
Scientists have had many struggles over the past 10 plus years developing a vaccine for the HIV virus. A vaccine would help aleviate the rapid transmission rates across the globe. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) which means it attacks the human body's immune system by breaking downt he body's natural defenses against infection.
A vaccine would save many lives especially since there still isn't a cure for the virus.
I think that HIV is the most sophisticated diseases known to man, it continues to have scientist running in circles. Although there is still hope on a possible cure and sooner a vaccine to contain the virus but for now the virus has been eluding them at every step. The continued mutation of the virus has them running into dead ends over and over. The good thing is we know how it works so we will have a bright future, much like the flu and polio viruses.HIV does not kill all people at the same rate. On average, without treatment it takes 10 years for the infection to progress to Aids, but some people develop the disease within 12 months, while others do not do so for more than 20 years.
"The implication is that once we have found an effective vaccine, it would need to be changed on a frequent basis to catch up with the evolving virus, much like we do today with the flu vaccine."
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