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Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul

WASHINGTON -- Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot.


Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul

WASHINGTON -- Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot.


Biotechnology Headlines

Obituaries:  Victor McKusick; Genetics Pioneer (Post, July 24, 2008; Page B06)

Genentech shareholders sue over Roche bid (Reuters, July 23, 2008; 4:27 PM)

Biogen second-quarter profit rises 11 percent (Reuters, July 22, 2008; 7:52 AM)

Genentech mulls Roche offer as stock surges (AP, July 21, 2008; 4:45 PM)

Roche seen likely to raise bid for Genentech (Reuters, July 21, 2008; 2:05 PM)

Roche offers to buy out Genentech for $43.7 billion (Reuters, July 21, 2008; 1:24 PM)

Roche offers $43.7B for rest of Genentech (AP, July 21, 2008; 12:34 PM)

Roche offers $44B for remaining Genentech shares (AP, July 21, 2008; 2:43 AM)

`Clone Wars' revives old-style `Star Wars' fun (AP, July 17, 2008; 1:09 PM)

Genentech sales beat expectations (Reuters, July 14, 2008; 8:13 PM)

Mental Activity May Affect Autism-Linked Genes:  Study Suggests That Altering Ill Children's Experiences Could Change the Disease (Post, July 11, 2008; Page A02)

Is He a Racist? (By Henry Louis Gates Jr., July 11, 2008; Page A17)

Fathering Autism:  A Scientist Wrestles With the Realities of His Daughter's Illness (Post, July 1, 2008; Page HE01)

CEO Who Led Growth to Leave MedImmune (Post, June 27, 2008; Page D01)

O'Malley Pledges More Investment To Bolster Md.'s Biotech Industry (Post, June 17, 2008; Page D04)

VACCINATIONS:  Faith Lets Some Kids Skip Shots (Post, June 10, 2008; Page HE01)

Emergent BioSolutions To Buy Maker Of Flu Vaccine (Post, May 27, 2008; Page D01)

MedImmune Settles Patent Lawsuit With Genentech (Post, May 23, 2008; Page D03)

Patents Sought on 'Climate Ready' Alteredrops (Post, May 13, 2008; Page A04)

Platypus Genome Found Fittingly Strange:  Cobbled-Together Creature Yields New Evolutionary Insights (Post, May 8, 2008; Page A01)

Rockville Biotech Buys Rival's Anthrax Vaccine:  A Twist in Race for New Drug, Emergent Aims to Pick Up Pieces of VaxGen's Failed Federal Contract (Post, May 5, 2008; Page D01)

SUBSTITUTES CALLED TOO RISKY:  FDA Faulted for Approving Studies of Artificial Blood (Post, April 29, 2008; Page A02)

Altered Viruses Reversed Progressive Blindness, Studies Say (Post, April 28, 2008; Page A05)

Ban on Genetic-Test Bias May Pass Senate (Post, April 24, 2008; Page A04)

DNA Testing's Double Bind (Post, April 24, 2008; Page C13)

Heart Pump Creates Life-Death Ethical Dilemmas (Post, April 24, 2008; Page A01)

Point of View:  Science Is Leading Us to More Answers, but It's Also Misleading Us (Post, April 22, 2008; Page HE08)

DNA Tests Offer Deeper Examination Of Accused:  Biological, Emotional States Scrutinized (Post, April 20, 2008; Page A01)

Revenge of the Nerds (By Gene Weingarten, April 13, 2008; Page W40)

Schizophrenia Linked to Rare, Often Unique Genetic Glitches (Post, March 28, 2008; Page A05)

AIDS Vaccine Testing at Crossroads:  After Little Progress in 25 Years, Scientists Urge Return to Basic Research (Post, March 26, 2008; Page A04)

Genetic Testing Gets Personal:  Firms Sell Answers On Health, Even Love (Post, March 25, 2008; Page A01)

Vaccine Failure Is Setback in AIDS Fight:  Test Subjects May Have Been Put at Extra Risk Of Contracting HIV (Post, March 21, 2008; Page A01)

On the Trail of the Cat, Scientists Find Surprises (Post, March 17, 2008; Page A10)

Seeing Red Over Bid to Clone a Bull:  Animal Rights Activists Condemn Spanish Breeder's Attempt to Replicate His Star Stud (Post, March 16, 2008; Page A15)

Celera to Move Headquarters To California, May Spin Off (Post, March 1, 2008; Page D01)

Genetic Mutations Offer Insights on Human Diversity (Post, February 22, 2008; Page A05)

Opportunities in China Lure Scientists Home (Post, February 20, 2008; Page D01)

A Test You Shouldn't Jump At:  A Genetic Test for Prostate Cancer May Boost Worry, Little More (Post, February 19, 2008; Page )

Even Vaccinated, People Are Getting Dose of Flu:  Va., Md. Seeing Spike in Cases, Many Caused by Strains Not in This Season's Shot Against Virus (Post, February 16, 2008; Page B01)

2 Reports At Odds On Biotech Crops:  Dispute Is Over Use of Pesticides (Post, February 14, 2008; Page A04)

DNA TESTING:  Lawmakers Challenge O'Malley, Gansler Over Proposed Expansion (Post, February 14, 2008; Page B06)

This Season's Flu Strains Are Not a Good Match for Vaccine (Post, February 10, 2008; Page A03)

Joshua Lederberg; Pioneer of Molecular Biology (Post, February 5, 2008; Page B07)

Labels Weighed for Food From Clones:  Consumer Groups Doubt FDA's Risk Management Plan Will Keep Pace With Industry (Post, January 20, 2008; Page A09)

Mature Human Embryos Created From Adult Skin Cells (Post, January 18, 2008; Page A01)

European Ethics Group Opposes Food From Cloned Animals (Post, January 18, 2008; Page A16)

USDA Recommends That Food From Clones Stay Off the Market (Post, January 16, 2008; Page A03)

FDA Says Clones Are Safe For Food:  Report Finds No Evidence of Risks (Post, January 15, 2008; Page A01)

Cloned Animals 'Unlikely' to Pose Risks:  Similar Conclusion Expected From FDA (Post, January 12, 2008; Page A06)

Proteins That Could Be Used to Halt HIV Are Identified (Post, January 11, 2008; Page A02)

Lab Cites Stem Cell Advance:  Method of Harvest Could Leave Embryos Undamaged (Post, January 11, 2008; Page A04)

FDA to Back Food From Cloned Animals:  Move Would Defy Congress's Wish for Delay (Post, January 5, 2008; Page A03)

Biotech | Test Results, FDA Decisions on the Horizon (Post, December 31, 2007; Page D01)

Effort to Defeat Polio Faces Unique Challenges:  Unclear When Vaccination Can Be Halted (Post, December 25, 2007; Page A02)

U.S. Fertility Rate Hits 35-Year High, Stabilizing Population (Post, December 21, 2007; Page A11)

'Clone-Free' Milk Could Get Label:  Firms Also Offer to Mark Meat to Help Shoppers (Post, December 19, 2007; Page A03)

Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms (Post, December 17, 2007; Page A01)

Firm Carves New Model in Biotech Research:  BioServe Sells DNA Samples to Scientists (Post, December 17, 2007; Page D01)

Vaccines Ruined by Poor Refrigeration (AP, December 4, 2007; 11:14 PM)

Standing in the Way of Stem Cell Research (By Alan I. Leshner and James A. Thomson, December 3, 2007; Page A17)

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