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Toronto's Elite Comes Together To Support HIV/AIDS Research

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Living With HIV/AIDs, Bloor Street Entertains, Royal-Ontario-Museum, AIDS Vaccine, AIDs Epidemic, HIV Prevention, Toronto-Canada, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Fundraising, Fundraisers, Canfar, World AIDS Day, Impact News
Marissa Bronfman

Toronto was alight as the city's style mavens, business doyens, and philanthropic supporters dined and danced at the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research's premiere fundraising event.

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AIDS, Alzheimer's, Herpes Vaccines Are 'On The Horizon', Get Biotech Boost

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Alzheimer's, Biotech, Vaccine Research, Alzheimer's Vaccine, Drug Industry, Herpes Aids Alzheimer Vaccines, AIDS Vaccine, Herpes Vaccine, Technology News

MARIETTA, Pa. — Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Trave...

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An AIDS Vaccine is Now More than a Dream

Mitchell Warren | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Vaccine, Hiv, AIDS Vaccine, Microbicides, Thailand, Aids, Avac, Thai, Politics News
Mitchell Warren

Before embarking on the necessary process of questioning and debating the results of a recent HIV prevention trial, the world should take a moment to celebrate an historic finding.

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He's Indiana Jones With a Scintillation Vial and He May Be Close to Discovering a Vaccine for AIDS

Leslie Griffith | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Vaccine, Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, The Band Played On, Don-Francis, San Francisco, Gay Issues, Global Solutions, World News
Leslie Griffith

Dr. Don Francis of San Francisco's Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases is getting ever closer to finding the 21st Century's Holy Grail.

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First HIV Vaccine Helps Prevent AIDS Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: HIV Vaccine, Thailand, World Health Organization, Thailand Hiv Vaccine, Health, AIDS Vaccine, Aids, Unaids, Hiv, World News

BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and ...

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HIV Researchers Find Antibodies That Prevent Virus From Causing Severe AIDS

The Los Angeles Times | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Living With HIV/AIDs, Hiv, Africa, AIDS Vaccine, Science, Aids Research, Health, Aids, Antibodies, Living News

After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies t...

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The World Is Moving Forward Without Us

Dr. Seth Berkley | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Developing Countries, AIDS Vaccine, Iavi, Sabin Vaccine Institute, International Health, World News, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Science Research, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Science, Seth Berkley, Advance Market Commitment, Orin Levine, Amc, World News
Dr. Seth Berkley

Advance Market Commitment (AMC) is a new market-based financing mechanism that accelerates the delivery of life-saving vaccines for children worldwide.

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South Africa Eliminates Funding For AIDS Vaccine Research

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, South Africa Aids, South Africa AIDS Crisis, South Africa AIDS Reearch, AIDS Vaccine, HIV Vacine Research, Cape Town, Aids, AIDs Epidemic, World News

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa launched a high-profile trial of an AIDS vaccine created by its own researchers Monday, a proud moment in...

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Science for Us, but Also for the World

Dr. Seth Berkley | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Usaid, Foreign Aid, Obama Budget, Science Research, Developing Countries, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, AIDS Vaccine, Capacity-Building, Science, Scientific Capacity, Iavi, World News
Dr. Seth Berkley

The Obama administration should extend its fervor for science to its foreign aid policy, putting science and technology at the heart of U.S. assistance to the developing world.

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Staggering Gains in the Fight Against AIDS

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: AIDS Treatment, Aids Research, World Health Organization, AIDS Vaccine, Global Fund, AIDs Epidemic, Who, Malaria, AIDS in Thailand, Tuberculosis Treatment, AIDS Research Funds, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Tuberculosis, Africa and AIDS, Antiretroviral Drugs, World AIDS Day, Living News
Michel D. Kazatchkine

In a world where inequality continues to grow, the recent gains in health form a bridge between the rich and the poor. We need to strengthen this bridge.

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Scientists: Economic Crisis Will Deal Blow To AIDS Vaccine Prospects

AP | CLARE NULLIS | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Aids, AIDS Vaccine, Wall Street, Wall St Crisis, Wall St Crisis Aids Vaccine, Economic Crisis Aids Vaccine, Financial Crisis Aids Vaccine, Home News

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The global economic turmoil is likely to take its toll on AIDS research funding and add to the problems plaguing the s...

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Experimental AIDS Vaccine Fails Crucial Experiment

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: AIDS Virus, Merck & Co, National INstitutues of Health, AIDS Vaccine, Business News

A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, lead...

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