Scientists converge in USA over effective HIV vaccine

Scientists worldwide gather in Boston to present more than 400 new research studies updating global progress in the search for a safe and effective HIV vaccine. AIDS Vaccine 2012, the world’s only and largest scientific meeting dedicated exclusively to HIV vaccine research, runs from September 9-12 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The annual AIDS vaccine meeting is hosted by the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, a unique collaboration of HIV vaccine research, funding, advocacy and stakeholder organizations. Local hosts are the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research and the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. “HIV vaccine research is in its most promising era since the epidemic began,” said Bill Snow, Director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise. “With sound and well-financed implementation, new HIV prevention strategies could produce important reductions in the 2.5 million HIV infections occurring each year. At the same time, the development of...