AIDS

AIDS In 1998, an estimated 650,000 to 900,000 Americans are believed to be living with HIV. The Clinton Administration has responded to by increasing the HIV program by 86 percent to $6.8 billion. Support for Aids research at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH) now totals to $1.6 billion, increase of 50%. Former President Bill Clinton announced, “a comprehensive AIDS vaccine research initative and challenged scientists and pharmaceutical manufactures to work together to develop and AIDS vaccine within 10 years.” To date there has been 23 vaccine evaluated and 10 adjuvants (substance that might enhance the effect of a vaccine) in 49 phase I and phase II, clinical trails to determine the safety of the vaccine candidates and their effect on the human immune system. Some are ALVAC-HIV, vCP205, HIV SF-2, and gp120. Research on a new compound that is called gp120. If it succeeds, it will be because of Dr. Donald Francis. Francis has helped in getting gp20 to inject into nearly 8,000 volunteers in the first trail of a potential AIDS vaccine. Francis led a team 25 years ago in Bangladesh and ended a century -old disease small pox. The virus comes into the blood. research, vaccine, aids, hiv, nih, volunteers, support, new, international, global, years, trial, gp120, work, virus, phase, immune, francis, cell, workshops, system, strategic, scientists, results, proved, prevention, prevent, plan, national, it’s, institutes, increase, health, funding, first