My professor said something two days ago that shocked me: “I honestly don’t think we’ll ever see an effective vaccine for HIV/AIDS.” Considering how much of an expert he is, that was pretty demoralizing. And I don’t believe him; I... (Continue reading)
UPDATE: We have chosen and contacted the winners. Thanks everyone for participating! Do something about AIDS – post on your blog This is an AIDS Awareness Initiative, which is uniting bloggers to post about AIDS before the end of the... (Continue reading)
The HIV/AIDS Vaccine: A few weeks ago I was sitting in the basement of the biomedical research center at my school, just having made it through another fascinating class on pharmacology. It was time for lunch, so I made for... (Continue reading)
Dashed hopes Less than half a century ago, we thought we had eliminated the threat of infectious diseases. We are about to see “the virtual elimination of the infectious disease as an important factor in social life,” said Nobel Prize... (Continue reading)