China Launches First Human Trials of AIDS Vaccine

China, criticized for a slow initial response to its HIV/AIDS crisis, has begun its first human trials of a new AIDS vaccine, Xinhua news agency said. A 20-year-old man became the first volunteer to receive the AIDS vaccine on Saturday, followed by seven others, four of them women, Xinhua said. Some 49 volunteers aged between 18 and 50 would receive the tests in three phases, the first lasting 14 months.

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