*Ø* AIDS vaccine proves elusive
London (Reuters) - "Two decades into the AIDS pandemic, the world has two dozen drugs to fight the virus and researchers have high hopes for new classes of medicine that block the virus before it can enter human cells.
"But an effective vaccine -- the best hope for the developing world where drugs remain out of reach for millions -- is still only a distant hope.
"Pharmaceutical makers will showcase their latest advances at the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok from July 11 to 16."
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Pictured: An AIDS patient pauses after a morning walk at the AIDS hospice in the Wat Phrabaht Nampu temple in Thailand's Lop Buri province, about 160 km (100 miles) north of Bangkok, July 3. (Reuters)
London (Reuters) - "Two decades into the AIDS pandemic, the world has two dozen drugs to fight the virus and researchers have high hopes for new classes of medicine that block the virus before it can enter human cells.
"But an effective vaccine -- the best hope for the developing world where drugs remain out of reach for millions -- is still only a distant hope.
"Pharmaceutical makers will showcase their latest advances at the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok from July 11 to 16."
Source and full text
Pictured: An AIDS patient pauses after a morning walk at the AIDS hospice in the Wat Phrabaht Nampu temple in Thailand's Lop Buri province, about 160 km (100 miles) north of Bangkok, July 3. (Reuters)
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