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| Trial HIV vaccine cuts infection | Trial HIV vaccine cuts infection |
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| An experimental HIV vaccine has cut the risk of infection by nearly a third in a major trial, researchers say. | An experimental HIV vaccine has cut the risk of infection by nearly a third in a major trial, researchers say. |
| The vaccine - a combination of two earlier experimental vaccines - was given to 16,000 people in a joint trial by the Thai government and US military. | The vaccine - a combination of two earlier experimental vaccines - was given to 16,000 people in a joint trial by the Thai government and US military. |
| It reduced by 31% the volunteers' risk of contracting HIV, the virus that leads to Aids. | It reduced by 31% the volunteers' risk of contracting HIV, the virus that leads to Aids. |
| The findings have been described as a significant scientific breakthrough but a worldwide vaccine is some way off. | |
| The study was carried out over seven years on volunteers in some of Thailand's most badly-affected regions. | |
| "This is a very important scientific advance and gives us hope that a globally effective vaccine may be possible in the future," Col Jerome Kim of the US military told a news conference in Bangkok. | |
| "It is the first demonstration that a vaccine against HIV can protect against infection". |