It's about time.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/...438308620070214

Some are already in advanced stages of human trail that puts the vaccine out at around 3-5 years from now, That is if every thing goes well.

Lets hope for a vaccine. It's not only adults who suffer, but children as well. I can just imagine some getting riled up about a vaccine for AIDS because it's here to kill the sinful aka a plague from God

i could see that as well. i could also see this as the beginning of a new..i dont know..era, if you will. we are becoming more and more familiarized with more intricate parts of DNA and this means that fewer bacteria are classed as "un-treatable". Even some Viruses have medication now, which to anyone who knows about viruses, is a HUGE step. even 10 years ago any virus was untreatable and had to simply run its course. now, we've got game

yeah... and to bad the vaccine will cost an arm and a leg

Yeah, I'm with conspiracy... I think you are more than likely going to have to be very wealthy to get this. if it's ever accessible. But I've always thought that the government does have a cure... Has anyone ever heard of magic johnson? He was on deal or no deal a couple nights ago. Yea he's had aids for like 25 years now and he's still jumping around and healthy as ever.

HIV positive does not mean you have AIDS, it is possible to be HIV pos and have no symptoms of AIDS. As far as genetics go, it is possible to be immune from HIV infection. The Delta 32 mutation gives you immunity. Here are some articles on it.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...p;dopt=Citation

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_plague/interview.html

Allot of different forms of naturally immune people are out there. some are just immune to the common cold wile others are immune to the bubonic plague. It differs from person to person most people don’t have any immunities.

why would the government give a basketball playing black man the cure for HIV?

The new vaccine might cost an arm & a leg, but it would be better to pay that one time, than to have to pay regularly for the Triple Cocktail or other 'maintenance' drugs, which can get REALLY expensive, not to mention the cost of Doctor's visits...

Years ago, I had to perform first aid on someone who was in a high risk group, and after, when I found out that I'd gotten some of his blood in some of my wounds, he refused a blood test. So, I had to run a gamut of testing and prevention for every possible disease, HIV being the big one. My doctor explained that it's a theory that, if there's a possible HIV infection and the patient is put on the Triple Cocktail within something like 24 hours of infection, there's a chance that the virus won't take hold in your system. So, as a precaution, I was on the triple cocktail for a month, and as my insurance wouldn't cover it, it cost me more than $1,300 for 30 days' worth of pills!!

So you can see, I'd FIND the money for the one-time vaccine, if it meant peace of mind and never having to pay $1,300 a month for drugs that might work (all the while, doing damage to my kidneys and the rest of my immune system)! Just in case you're wondering, other than being pretty much poisoned by the Triple Cocktail for a month, all my tests came back negative (there was a LOT of celebrating that day!)

And, would we really have to wait all that long for there to be cheaper "knock-off" versions of the vaccine? Usually, not too long after a 'wonder drug' is released, there's a generic version brought forth, that costs a lot less... I wonder if it would be covered by our Health care in Canada?

::why would the government give a basketball playing black man the cure for HIV?::

I never said they gave it to him.... Magic johnson is worth almost 1 billion dollars. I'm saying he bought the cure off of the government, and the government sold it to him because they wouldn't be losing money because of all the other millions of people that have to get treatment and will pay good money for it. Also if people see that Magic johnson got better it would give them hope and entice them to continue treatments making the government more money. Ohh yea and did I mention Population control also? I believe some scientist created it for the government and released it into the puplic so that we wouldn't overrun the planet to fast.

Not that this has to do with the topic but I also read somewhere that an enzyme or something of the sort has been created that can be injected into cancer cells, destroy the cancer cells, and leave all of the healthy cells intact. completely cureing cancer. And what is being done with this technology? Who knows, but I hope if I ever get cancer that it will be available.

But once again these are just my thoughts on things.