Did smallpox vaccination halt spread of HIV?

By |2010-05-21T08:12:59-07:00May 21st, 2010|Prevention|

A study published this week in the journal BMC Immunology suggests that being vaccinated for smallpox triggered by the smallpox vaccine may inhibit the growth of the HIV.  The researchers extracted white blood cells from subjects and exposed them to HIV in a culture dish. The results showed that HIV replication was slowed by about [...]