In 1998, an estimated 650,000 to 900,000 Americans are believed to be living with HIV. The Clinton Administration has responded to by increasing the HIV program by 86 percent to $6.8 billion. Support for Aids research at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH) now totals to $1.6 billion, increase of 50%. Former President Bill Clinton announced, "a comprehensive AIDS vaccine research initative and challenged scientists and pharmaceutical manufactures to work together to develop and AIDS vaccine within 10 years." To date there has been 23 vaccine evaluated and 10 adjuvants (substance that might enhance the effect of a vaccine) in 49 phase I and phase II, clinical trails to determine the safety of the vaccine candidates and their effect on the human immune system. Some are ALVAC-HIV, vCP205, HIV SF-2, and gp120. .
Research on a new compound that is called gp120. If it succeeds, it will be because of Dr. Donald Francis. Francis has helped in getting gp20 to inject into nearly 8,000 volunteers in the first trail of a potential AIDS vaccine. Francis led a team 25 years ago in Bangladesh and ended a century -old disease small pox. The virus comes into the blood. It hits the receptors of the cell. It's absorbed into the cell and multiplies a thousand times. Challenge was to make a vaccine that could prevent the virus from invading the cell. After 4 years of trial and error, it was given to 4 chimpanzees, which then were exposed to massive doses of the AIDS virus and it worked. Today, the vaccinated chimps have been HIV free for 10 years. The first trial on humans involved 57 volunteers, and it proved that gp120 was safe. A second trial, involving 296 volunteers, showed that the vaccine did induce an immune response, although seven of the volunteers became HIV positive. And it proved that it's not yet a 100% effective. Phase 3 would take thousands of volunteers and cost millions of dollars, and that there is too little about how HIV attacks the immune system to crate and effective vaccine.
AIDS Death is a normal and inevitable part of everyone's life. ... A virus called HIV causes AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. ... Including me, I do not have the slightest idea what people living with AIDS go through. I can still remember the first time I heard about AIDS. ... I was 14 years old and nobody had told me what AIDS was. ...
In 1986, 53 adolescents were reported with AIDS. ... Today, AIDS is recognized as the fifth most common cause of death among people ranging from ages 14-24 years (A Decade of Denial: Teens and AIDS in America, 1992). ... This is because there is currently no cure for AIDS. ... There is no current cure for AIDS, so someone with AIDS knows they will die soon. ... The idea of promoting abstinence and focusing on the prevalence of AIDS is a good one. ...
Politicians play a big role in helping find a cure for AIDS because they play a big role in funding laboratories and scientists. ... Defends AIDS Spending, Urges more form Europe, the money issue about AIDS funding is brought up and how much should be given to the fund. Tommy Thompson defended his view on the contribution to fight against AIDS and urges European countries to help with the planned funding. ... The United Sates also encourages countries all around the world to contribute to the AIDS fund and help out with the search for the cure of the AIDS. People with AIDS can also be c...
Riley AIDS Carlos was a really smart boy who always enjoyed reading and writing. ... All this is just because of this horrible disease called AIDS. ... One cause of people contracting AIDS is blood transmission. ... Another example of what causes you to get AIDS is having unprotected sex. ... Works Cited HIV/AIDS November 29, 2002, March 4, 2003 http://www.walgreens.com/library/topics/AIDS.jhtml How at risk are you of contracting AIDS? ...
AIDS and The Nurse AIDS is not about culture, gender, or sexual preference. ... Society must educate people, especially teens and young adults, that there is no cure for AIDS. ... AIDS and the HIV virus pose special challenges for nurses. Casual, everyday contact with an AIDS infected person does not expose anyone to AIDS, but for nurses the challenges are many. ... AIDS requires a level of training for nurses that are unique. ...
The second is written by Jayson Blair and is called Healthy Skepticism and the Marketing of AIDS. ... I believe this is the attitude is common among AIDS sufferers. ... The next article is called Healthy Skepticism and the Marketing of AIDS, by Jayson Blair. ... Just because we are talking about AIDS and HIV that doesn't mean we cannot understand. ... The ads are misleading not only to those who suffer from AIDS, but also the general public. ...
AIDS has taken many lives in the short time it has been around. ... One of the only diseases comparable to the bubonic plague is AIDS. ... Now when people discover someone has AIDS, they try keep away from the AIds victims, out of fear. ... With AIDS, most people who get AIDS don't ever know they have it untill they are dieing. ... The public awareness campaign has created a lot of funding for AIDS and AIDS awareness. ...
AIDS has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War, which killed 58,000(AIDS Understanding 10). ... You don't catch AIDS, you catch HIV. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS. ... There are two viruses that cause AIDS. ... The third and final stage is AIDS. ...
Powell called HIV/AIDS. ... It's called HIV/AIDS." ... Bush asked the US Congress to commit fifteen billion dollars for AIDS related research and support, including ten billion dollars in new funds, to fight HIV/AIDS in the most affected countries in Africa and the Caribbean. ... While this is good news, any vaccine for HIV/AIDS is still years from being available to the public. ... No AIDS vaccine has yet done this. ...
There are thousands of Egyptians living with AIDS and they have no clue that they have the AIDS virus (http://www.aegis.com). Many of the people in Egypt do not know how to treat people with AIDS and they do not know how to act towards AIDS patients. ... The group that does know what AIDS is, do not know how to treat AIDS patients. ... He was even fired by his job because he has AIDS. ... Sometimes people don't get tested for AIDS because they are unaware of what AIDS is. ...
