Anthony Fauci

A Living History of AIDS Vaccine Research with Anthony Fauci This is the first installment in a new IAVI Report series, A Living History of AIDS Vaccine Research. Its purpose is to provide perspective on historical moments in the quest for a vaccine, as well as insight into what lies ahead, as told by some of the leading researchers and policymakers in the field. Kicking off this series is Anthony Fauci, who has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...Read Full Story

The success of an AIDS vaccine trial that in 2009 was shown to protect 31 percent of people studied may have been due to varying levels of antibody responses in the patients, researchers said Thursday. Different types of antibody responses were associated with who became infected and who did not, according to an analysis of the results published in the April 5 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. For instance, a type of antibody produced by the body to ward off infection, known as...Read Full Story

Truvada, which is made by California-based Gilead Sciences, combines two antiretroviral drugs Related stories A drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus, the authors of a new study say. Trials of the combination drug Truvada among nearly 2,500 men suggested it could reduce the chances of male-to-male HIV infection by 44%. Those using the drug regularly could further reduce the risk of infection, it was claimed...Read Full Story

EPISODE NUMBER: 7042 (March 29, 2011) GUESTS: Stephen Prothero, Anthony Fauci SEGMENTS: Turd Sandwich in Libya, Yahweh Or No Way – Christianity Is Fattening, Yahweh Or No Way – Christianity Is Fattening, Stephen’s Next Religion – Stephen Prothero, Jimmy Fallon Promises a Performance by Stephen, VIDEOS: Tuesday, March 29, 2011Yay for the Turd Sandwich in Libya coverage! I’m guessing by the reaction of the “dog sandwich” line (Obama’s speech was like bacon, Jalapeno corn muffins and pop-tarts...Read Full Story

Part 2: AIDS Vaccine Research and Development Efforts at NIAID This is the first installment in a new IAVI Report series, A Living History of AIDS Vaccine Research. Its purpose is to provide perspective on historical moments in the quest for a vaccine, as well as insight into what lies ahead, as told by some of the leading researchers and policymakers in the field. Kicking off this series is Anthony Fauci, who has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...Read Full Story

Vaccine for prevention of HIV discovered From Our Reporter -25.09.2009 FOR the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the HIV virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible. The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 31 per cent in the world’s largest AIDS vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, researchers...Read Full Story

Dr Anthony Fauci on Research Investment, Life Changing Discoveries & The Research TImeline Anthony Fauci talks about the dividends paid by investment in scientific research in the depth and breadth of discoveries that lead to life saving treatments. Funding is also critical to attracting young bright minds into the field of science to ensure the next generation of pioneering scientists and continuing the march to cures for life threatening diseases. TheRock Stars of Science is a Geoffrey...Read Full Story

From Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection in a clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult participants in Thailand. Following a final analysis of the trial data, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, the trial sponsor, announced today that the prime-boost investigational vaccine regimen was safe and 31 percent effective in...Read Full Story

Vaccine for prevention of HIV discovered From Our Reporter -25.09.2009 FOR the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the HIV virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible. The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 31 per cent in the world’s largest AIDS vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, researchers...Read Full Story

Medical history was made on Thursday when two U.N. agencies stated that promising results with an experimental new AIDS vaccine offered new hope in the battle against HIV, but more tests still need to be done. The new HIV vaccine tested on volunteers is a mixture of Sanofi-Aventis’s ALVAC canary pox vaccine and the failed HIV vaccine AIDSVAX, made by VaxGen and now managed by the Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, a non-profit organization. from the official NIH announcement: “These...Read Full Story