An AIDS Vaccine?

The news that an experimental AIDS vaccine tested on 16,000 heterosexual volunteers in Thailand had been shown to be safe and modestly effective surprised researchers, who had become used to failure in the decades-long effort to find a vaccine to protect against HIV infection.

It is good to see that we are making progress in something that we have seen very little success in in the past, especially for a problem that is so large and serious. According to the article, although the Vaccine is not a cure, it seems to help lower one's chances of getting infected. Hopefully we will see researchers and scientists make further progress on this vaccine and bring a solution for a problem that is effecting an ever increasing group of our population.