[Flavius]

Ok any docs in here that can explain if this is for real/

[Principled]

In 39 years, after the FDA has formed a committee to study the proposal, .......

[Straight Vermonter]

Yaaaawn. Let me know when it has been peer reviewed.

[monkeywrench]

The monkies and mice are saved!

[BlessedBeGod]

Outsourcing?

[sevry]

For HIV. But with all respect, this is something like the 567th official 'cure for AIDS', at this point.

[xm177e2]

The vaccine, called the HIV-1 DNA, immunised mice and monkeys from sub-type C — the type of HIV, which accounts for more than 95 per cent of infections in India

But only an insignificant amount of cases here in America (where HIV-1B is prevalent). Whether or not this is true, unless they can also make a vaccine for 1B, it will not have a major effect on the American fight against AIDS.

And if it's too expensive, it won't have much effect in fighting AIDS in India, either. Still, it would be remarkable progress to have even a single vaccine like that as a starting point for better vaccines.

[Poundstone]

Typical subcontinent blather.

[Fenris6]

Well, I hope a peer review confirms his results.

Not at all envious that it came from India either - the worlds largest democracy, and hopefully the next nation to shoulder the burden of civilization when America finally loses her edge. Much in the same way we inherited that responsibility from Britania.

[aruanan]

In December last year, Dr Pradeep Seth gave himself what could turn out to be the most important injection of his life. He had earlier tried out the injection — a vaccine for HIV — on mice and monkeys.

The vaccine had worked on the animals. And Seth found that he was fine — he had suffered no side-effects.

And then after that Dr. Seth set out to have as much unprotected sex in as many possible ways with as many HIV-positive individuals of either sex as he could possibly find. "I have HPV, SIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, crab lice, chlamydia, tinea cruris, weals, lesions, shankers, cankers, urethritis, lymphogranuloma venereum, thrush, granuloma inguinale, cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B, and cryptosporidium, but not HIV!!!"

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

There's already a vaccine for AIDS - Vitamin E.

[The Scorpion King]

Yeah...right! Did you hear that 3 nukes were found in Iraq?

[True Capitalist]

Abstinence

[Paleo Conservative]

India discovers vaccine for HIV

Do they mean someone just found it lying around in the lab?

[Captainpaintball]

bflr

[sheik yerbouty]

Trinoasitol?

[krb]

Cool...now make them give it away for free, or better yet, make the Indian taxpayers pay to provide it to the whole rest of the world, just like would happen if it were discovered in the United States of America.