Tag Archives: HIV/AIDS

Bill Gates, whom I increasingly believe may be remembered as the greatest man of my lifetime, will today announce a HIV vaccine trial in conjunction with the Canadian government. Gates said that he would be “very surprised” if there is no vaccine for AIDS in his lifetime. A glimmer of hope in the otherwise dim HIV vaccine outlook came a …

A drug from a coming new class of HIV medications has been fast-tracked for review in the United States and Europe. Pfizer’s Maraviroc is the first drug to block CCR5, a chemokine receptor that allows HIV to enter T-cells and reproduce. The FDA will consider approving Maraviroc in April, making it possible that the drug may reach U.S. patients by …