HIV Vaccine Test Begins in London

Recent efforts to find a vaccine to prevent HIV began in the lab at the hospital London, England, as well as two research centers in Africa. The scientists recruited 64 healthy adults in the study were expected to be completed in two years.

Early trials of this vaccine by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a nonprofit organization. The research will be split between London, the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, and Nairobi in Kenya. Africa is the continent with the highest HIV epidemic.

HIV virus was discovered 30 years ago, but the research to find a vaccine so far no satisfactory. The research team from the United States in Thailand in 2009 found a combination of two prototype vaccine 30 percent effective in preventing HIV infection. Further research is being prepared to improve these results.

In a trial conducted by a team of IAVI, the volunteers who are free from the risk of contracting HIV infection and it will get a combination of the two vaccines. One was taken from the virus that causes flu-like illness that infects mice. The vaccine is administered via drops in the nose so that no syringe needed.

"I believe we have an effective vaccine because scientific data to support it. We'll get there, but it takes time vaccine development," said Dr. Jill Gilmour, who led the research.

He pointed out that the new polio vaccine discovered 45 years after the virus unrecognizable.

"HIV is a formidable opponent and cunning. Always changing every time he shared so many variables. Virus can also be joined by our own cells so that the immune system does not recognize it," he said.

Later, if the vaccine is tested provide a robust immune response, is imminent large-scale testing to see if the vaccine is effective in reducing the transmission or reduce the amount of virus.

"The virus used was modified from viruses that infect rodents. From our perspective, this is a bonus because the virus was already living in a human environment without causing interference," he said.

IAVI lab at the Chelsea and Westminster UK already handles more than 100,000 blood samples annually and helps more than 20 vaccine trial.

 

8 Unexpected High Cholesterol Food

 

High cholesterol in the blood is a risk factor of heart disease. But high cholesterol is not formed overnight, but slowly. One was due to the wrong diet.

Although you do not have the signs, symptoms, or family history of heart disease, but you must maintain a healthy diet to keep a good health.

Maybe you've been avoiding fatty foods that are known as a source of cholesterol. But there is also an unexpected foods containing high cholesterol below.

1. Poultry meat
Poultry meat is considered to be minimal risk from red meat because it has a fat content tends to be lower. But if eaten in large quantities or too frequently poultry will also have negative effects, one of which is the increase in blood cholesterol levels.

2. Added sugar
One fact that is surprising is the added sugars was associated with decreased levels of "good" cholesterol or high density lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood. Thus, the reduction of added sugars in the diet in addition to reducing the risk of diabetes also improve cholesterol levels.

3. Mashed potatoes
Growing potatoes or mashed potato proved to have a high fat content. Especially those found in the restaurant as it contains butter, cream, milk, cheese overload. It makes one proficiency level is a source of carbohydrate foods high in saturated fat.

4. Pizza
One slice of pizza contains 10 grams of fat and 4.4 grams of saturated fat. That figure does not include toppings that may contain more fat.

5. Coconut
Coconut products such as coconut milk or coconut oil contains saturated fat which is quite high. However, its use in the scale was not too bad for my cholesterol level.

6. Dairy products
Dairy products do contain many essential nutrients like calcium, protein, vitamins, and minerals, but also contain saturated fat. Then you should choose low-fat products.

7. Pies and cakes
Pies and cakes made from butter, cream, milk, and cheese contain saturated fats. Then one bite of pie and cake is a high calorie contributes to the body.

8. Popcorn
One medium-size popcorn containers containing 60 grams of saturated fat and 1200 calories. This is because processing takes popcorn oil affect cholesterol levels.

 

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