Trials to start for AIDS vaccine

Nairobi - Kenyan authorities are this week expected to approve the clinical test of the first AIDS trial vaccine, developed by…

Nairobi - Kenyan authorities are this week expected to approve the clinical test of the first AIDS trial vaccine, developed by Kenyan and British scientists, sources close to the study said yesterday. The start of the trials, based on the work of researchers who observed that some Kenyan prostitutes appeared to be immune to HIV, will take place at the medical college of the University of Nairobi today, the sources said.

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