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New AIDS vaccine to undergo human trial next month

An announcement by Canadian scientists, stating that a breakthrough in the search for a HIV/AIDS vaccine was close at hand, has generated excitement.  The team of researchers, led by virologist Dr. Chil-Yong Kang of the University of Western Ontario, have received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to begin human trials on a preventive HIV vaccine in January next year.
Dr Anita Asiimwe
Dr Anita Asiimwe
Edwin Musoni