The Medical Thread

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Adenovirus and AAV, cytomegalovirus (until one has HIV), etc.

I want to elaborate on this too. Since we're on the subject of vaccines, is there one for AIDS? I remember when Bill Clinton set a national goal to develop an AIDS vaccine within a decade. Kennedy said he wanted to put a man on the moon to counter Russia's Sputnik launch from 1957. Kennedy's program worked, but we still have yet to see an AIDS vaccine.

Clinton did establish a research center at the National Institutes of Health, at the same time involving other nations in the effort.

There was an HIV vaccine back in the 80s, "VaxSyn" which is based on some kind of viral protein. I can't remember the name exactly, but I do know it was based on a viral protein. Anyway, it was unsuccessful, but then again, back in the 80s it was also thought that AIDS was gay related.

So what do you think? Do you think a successful vaccine can be created soon? Bill Clinton started this program some 10 years ago. Well, we're still waiting.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I want to elaborate on this too. Since we're on the subject of vaccines, is there one for AIDS? I remember when Bill Clinton set a national goal to develop an AIDS vaccine within a decade. Kennedy said he wanted to put a man on the moon to counter Russia's Sputnik launch from 1957. Kennedy's program worked, but we still have yet to see an AIDS vaccine.

Clinton did establish a research center at the National Institutes of Health, at the same time involving other nations in the effort.

There was an HIV vaccine back in the 80s, "VaxSyn" which is based on some kind of viral protein. I can't remember the name exactly, but I do know it was based on a viral protein. Anyway, it was unsuccessful, but then again, back in the 80s it was also thought that AIDS was gay related.

So what do you think? Do you think a successful vaccine can be created soon? Bill Clinton started this program some 10 years ago. Well, we're still waiting.

One of the HIV vaccine centers was at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. It has just come out unfortunately that the HIV vaccine failed. It did not protect anyone from becoming infected with HIV...

There is the issue that MAYBE HSV-2 infection has some protection against HIV, BUT I just read in JAMA that may not be all the accurate...

I do not understand why a vaccine cannot be made against HIV... It does not make sense? And what bakes my noodle even more is how come folks with advance HIV disease do not get "polio" or "MMR"?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

One of the HIV vaccine centers was at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. It has just come out unfortunately that the HIV vaccine failed. It did not protect anyone from becoming infected with HIV...

There is the issue that MAYBE HSV-2 infection has some protection against HIV, BUT I just read in JAMA that may not be all the accurate...

I do not understand why a vaccine cannot be made against HIV... It does not make sense? And what bakes my noodle even more is how come folks with advance HIV disease do not get "polio" or "MMR"?

Actually the number of people living with HIV/AIDS globally has dramatically dropped, and that's not because of an actual drop in the HIV burden, but because of better counting methods in India. UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) and the World Health Organization announced some time last November that the disease's prevalence in India is around 2 million. That's still a lot when you look at the numbers alone, but if you think about it, that's down by more than half from a previous estimate of around 5 million.