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In an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, Prof Luc Montagnier co-discoverer with Francoise Barré-Sinoussi of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, proposed “using vaccination against HIV antigens not for prophylaxis, but as additional therapy following a short antiviral treatment”
Following a wave of failures in the development of an HIV vaccine, starting with AIDSVax in 2003 and ending with the STEP trial in 2007, Prof Montagnier reiterated a proposal he made more than 10 years ago but that would not …

The 2008 AIDS Vaccine Conference will be held in Cape Town (South Africa) from the 13 to 16th of October. Preparation for the event as well as a series of meetings and projects explain the gap in posting here, but there will be plenty of opportunities and a very long flight to prepare some material for the blog! See you in Cape Town, maybe!

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