Since the first cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the related human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) became known in the early 1980s, scientists and researchers around the world have spent billions of dollars and thousands of hours to...

Our understanding of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ( AIDS) and Human Immune Deficiency Virus ( HIV) has undergone rapid progress. Still, gaps in our understanding have prevented us from developing the ideal therapy or vaccine. Should we panic?...

An HIV vaccine is a hypothetical vaccine against HIV, the etiological agent of AIDS. As there is no known cure for AIDS, the search for a vaccine has become part of the struggle against the disease. The urgency of the search for a vaccine against HIV...

Scientists have found that creating an antibody-producing vaccine that will prevent HIV from entering cells, is very difficult. Some researchers are investigating partial-protection vaccines that keep HIV levels in check by stimulating killer T-cells. Although killer T-cells cannot eradicate HIV from the body,...

Forty Kenyans are to undergo a new Aids vaccine trial to help verify its efficacy. The vaccine has been developed by a group of British, Canadian and Kenyan scientists in Nairobi, led by Professor Andrew McMichael from Oxford University in England. Dr Joshua...

Two University of Oklahoma scientists are starting research that they hope will someday lead to the development of a vaccine to combat the HIV virus, which causes AIDS.The research to be performed by Mark Lang, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the OU...

The Canadian government and Bill Gates announced an initiative Tuesday to establish a research institute to develop an AIDS vaccine, committing a total of $119 million to the project.Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government has pledged $95.3 million to a new fund called the...