This is getting a bit boring.  News from the wacky world of HIV is now
so grim that I don't have to think up punchy subject lines or put a
non-positive spin on articles I quote.

<http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-24-voa28.cfm>:

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Scientists who have worked for decades to find a vaccine for the HIV
and AIDS infections will meet next week at the U.S. National Institute
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland to chart a future course for research.
A few months ago, two human trials of a potential vaccine were halted
when it appeared the drug was ineffective, and in some cases,
increased the risk of getting the disease.  VOA's Melinda Smith spoke
Friday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading international expert on HIV
and AIDS.

[...]

It is standard protocol to have any human trial reviewed by an
oversight committee, which monitors progress and safety.  When the
board assigned to monitor these trials looked at the data for the
first time, it was obvious that something was not right.

"There was no indication that the vaccine was protecting against
infection, and there was no indication that the vaccine was lowering
the ultimate level of the virus after one person -- after a person --
got infected," says Doctor Anthony Fauci. Dr. Fauci is Director of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the U.S. National Institutes of
Health.

The review board was so concerned it recommended that both trials be
stopped.  Doctor Fauci says one of the most serious concerns was how
the vaccine failed to protect those patients who already seemed to
have an underlying immunity to a component of the HIV virus.  That
component is an adenovirus [adenovirus vector], found in the common
cold.  When those patients were given the vaccine, they had a higher
risk of getting infected than those who were not yet vaccinated.

[...]

Doctor Fauci says even though the human trials were canceled, there
was still valuable information that will be applied when human trials
are attempted again.

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I wonder what "valuable information" Doctor Death is referring to?
Perhaps that in future the liar and thief, Dr Robert Gallo, should be
asked to review HIV vaccine trials?