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AIDS/HIV at a glance:
An HIV vaccine does not yet exist, but efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have been underway for many years. [1]
Why should I be concerned?
- Genentech, a pharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, CA, developed and tested AidsVax in the 1990s.
- AidsVax had numerous unintended dangerous effects. [2]
1. Avert: HIV and AIDS Vaccine
2. AidsVax: the long shot