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A New HIV Vaccine Effort With A Different Kind Of Strategy

The vaccine project is in very early stages, but it's sparking interest among scientists in the field.
An image of HIV from a scanning electron microscope. A vaccine project is in very early stages, but it's sparking interest among scientists in the field.

Ever since the AIDS epidemic erupted nearly 40 years ago, researchers have tried to make a vaccine.

The efforts typically end up like this: "Failure Of Latest HIV Vaccine Test: A 'Huge Disappointment.' "

Now researchers have come up with a new blueprint.

The method behind their potential vaccine mimics a rare process detected in the immune systems of some people with HIV —

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