Monday, June 4, 2001

(South Africa)
AIDS Drug to be Given to Mothers at Last
By Kerry Cullinan

Provinces are finally expected to get the go-head on Tuesday to give HIV-positive women the drug Nevirapine to prevent them from passing the virus on to their babies. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is to make this announcement in her budget speech to parliament on Tuesday, according to sources close to the minister. ...
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Researchers undaunted in complex quest for vaccine Half-dozen creations in test stages
Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer

..."The long delay in developing a vaccine only underlines the basic challenge with a virus like HIV," explained AIDS researcher Dr. Jay Levy of UCSF. "First, when it infects a cell it becomes part of the genetic make-up of the cell. "The second major challenge," Levy said, "is that it can enter a person within an infected cell, and we have no vaccine thus far that can induce the immune system to recognize an infected cell and destroy it." ...
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