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Science 9 May 2008:
Vol. 320. no. 5877, pp. 753 - 755
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154258
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Perspectives

AIDS/HIV:
A STEP into Darkness or Light?

John P. Moore,1* P. J. Klasse,1 Matthew J. Dolan,2 Sunil K. Ahuja3*

The recent failure of a vector-based HIV vaccine may be explained by individual subjects' immune capacity and genetics.

1Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA

2Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston and Lackland AFB, TX 78234, USA

3Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX 78229, and University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

*E-mail: jpm2003{at}med.cornell.edu; ahujas{at}uthscsa.edu

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