HIV Vaccine Safe Enough To Pass Phase 1 Human Trials

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 6, 2012 @01:01PM from the good-work-folks dept.

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from Western University in Canada: "The first human applied clinical study (SAV CT 01) using a genetically modified killed whole-virus vaccine (SAV001-H) to evaluate its safety and tolerability was initiated in March 2012. This study is a randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled study of killed whole HIV-1 vaccine (SAV001-H) following intramuscular (IM) administration. Infected men and women, 18-50 years of age, have been enrolled in this study and randomized into two treatment groups to administer killed whole HIV-1 vaccine (SAV001-H) or placebo. Sumagen announced today the patient enrollment has progressed smoothly and there have been no adverse effects observed including local reactions, signs/symptoms and laboratory toxicities after SAV001-H injection in all enrolled patients to date. With these interim results, the SAV001-H has proven safety and tolerability in humans and given Sumagen confidence for the next clinical trials to prove its immunogenicity and efficacy evaluation."

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you need to know by r00t · 2012-11-06 19:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'll just give you a personal example. My brother lost his job. As a result, he was unable to pay child support. This means he can't register his car or have a professional license. (think "home contractor" or "termite services" or "lock smith" or "welder", depending on the state) OK, so how exactly is he supposed to get a job? Was the intent to prevent him from ever recovering?
Furthermore, why does she get to decide anyway? I don't know if he wanted an abortion, but why wouldn't he get equal rights? The playing field is not remotely level here. Fairness demands that she accept full financial responsibility if she chooses to keep the child.
Unfairness in the courts is self-evident when you look at who tends to get custody and who tends to file for divorce. It's nearly all women. Men don't often file for divorce, even when they hate the lady, because men know they will lose and lose and lose. Women file because they know they will win.
If this problem hasn't already hit somebody you care about, consider yourself lucky... for now. Your blissful ignorance is unlikely to last a lifetime.