Phase I prime-boost vaccine trial to be conducted in Chennai, Pune
Published in The Hindu on August 16, 2008 Next year may see the start of a Phase I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune,…
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India: AIDS vaccine trial results encouraging
Published in The Hindu on August 16, 2008 The final results of Phase I Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA)-based AIDS vaccine trial conducted at the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here and…
Editorial: Study confirms the merits of nutrition
Published in The Hindu on August 14, 2008 A large-scale study, involving more than 10, 500 people, undertaken by the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society has conclusively demonstrated that…
Phase I prime-boost HIV vaccine trial planned
Published in The Hindu on August 11, 2008 The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a New York based organisation, along with the ICMR and NACO, is planning to conduct Phase…
Editorial: Proceed with caution
Published in The Hindu on June 20, 2008 Eight years after starting the programme of providing single-dose nevirapine to cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)…
Relooking at single-dose nevirapine strategy, to cut drug resistance
Published in The Hindu on June 5, 2008 Eight years after starting the programme of giving single-dose nevirapine to both mother and infant to cut the mother-to-child transmission (vertical transmission),…
Evaluating drug resistance in HIV positive people
Published in The Hindu on June 5, 2008 Four years after starting the antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme to treat people infected with HIV, efforts are underway to determine the extent…
AIDS vaccine: Chennai trial results encouraging
Published In The Hindu on January 24, 2008 There appears to be a greater possibility of finding an efficacious AIDS vaccine. The preliminary results of the Phase I trial of…
