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Researchers halt ‘ineffective’ HIV vaccine trial

A participant in the South African HIV vaccine trial receives a shot at a clinic. (NIAID via YouTube)

A three-year-long clinical trial of an HIV vaccine in South Africa, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by a consortium headquartered at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has been put on hold because the vaccine was judged ineffective.

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By Alan Boyle

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