Vaccine for AIDS...closer to reality! New research optimistic for inflicted...

Federal researchers were ecstatic about a finding this past week that may save lives!

A pair of naturally-occuring anti-bodies capable of wiping out ninety-percent of all leading strains of the AIDS virus were identified.

The ureka moment means that researchers may be able to develop more effective treatments for those inflicted with the AIDS virus.

More importantly, it appears an actual vaccine may be on the horizon.

"Once the anti-bodies attach to a virtually changeless part part of the virus surface, they are capable of neutralizing a remarkable number of strains of the deadly virus," noted on leading researcher at the Infectious disease institute.

In the wake of the discovery, the researchers were able to focus on the remarkable anti-bodies, and determine how they interacted with a vital part of the HIV virus known as the spike.

From there, they took a leap, of sorts.

They proceeded to produce a synthetic version of the spike that would elicit the same "healing" responses in similar blocking scenarios in animal cells in the research lab.

Further testing with the animal subjects will establish if a vaccine has the potential to work in practice (not just in theor).

If so, the testing will extend to humans.

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Trojan...Evolve Bus tour to raise awareness about health risks on campus!

Well,it wasn't exactly the kind of e-mail you'd get from that gadfly Anne KilKenny, but it piqued my curiosity nonetheless.

The maker of Trojan® Condoms is taking its show on the road - and stopping into campuses around the country - with the Trojan® Evolve Bus Tour.

In essence, it's a call for Americans to "evolve" about their attitudes towards sex and condoms.

Students will have the opportunity to laugh along with some of today's hottest comedians on the Trojan Campus Comedy tour which is going to be zooming onto campuses around the Nation in November.

As proud sponsors of the Vans Warped Tour, the makers of Trojan® brand condoms will also team up with a handful of your favorite bands, too.

Both tours will criss-cross America - inviting people to evolve - by personally pledging to use a condom every time and advocating for comprehensive sexual education in schools by signing the Trojan Evolve Petition.

Along the bus tour route, participants can also encourage friends to continue or change sexual health behaviors by recording video testimonials, which will be posted on the Trojan Evolve web site.

Info: www.trojancondoms.com.

"Trojan Evolve is a call to action," says Jim Daniels, Vice President of Marketing for Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

"We’re quite literally going city to city asking Americans to pledge to use a condom every time, sign a petition for change and help turn the tide on the unhealthy state of sexual health in this country."

All Americans will be able to follow the tour’s progress and become a part of the movement by taking the personal pledge and signing the Trojan Evolve Petition virtually at the Trojan Web site (which also includes important links to third-party sexual health resources).

The Trojan Evolve Tour launches in the wake of newly released CDC statistics indicating that one-in-four teen girls has a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia continue to rise in the general public.

This is in addition to the 65 million Americans already living with an incurable STI.

And for the first time in fourteen years, rates of unintended teenage pregnancy are growing, contributing to over three million unplanned pregnancies occurring each year.

Yet, only about one-in-four sex acts among singles involves a condom, resulting in over a billion acts of unprotected sex each year.

"The Trojan Evolve tour is critical and timely," said Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders.

Elders is a former U.S. Surgeon General and is currently advisor to the Trojan brand.

"The problem is clearly not due to a lack of resources. Ninety percent of American households want comprehensive sex education, yet the government has spent over a billion dollars on only abstinence education, which according to its own studies is ineffective."



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