AIDS Vaccine Developer HIV-VAC, Inc. Featured on Leading Investor Broadcasting Internet Site: www.stockhouse.com.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1999-- HIV-VAC, Inc, (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:HIVC) has been listed on the Internet's leading financial news site: http://www.stockhouse.com/snapshots/hivc/, which has over 1.5 million visits per month. HIV-VAC's HIV vaccine HIV vaccine AIDS As of mid-2005, there is no viable anti-HIV vaccine. See AIDS. was originally developed by Dr. Gordon Skinner, MD (Hons), DSc, FRCOG FRCOG Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , FRCPath at the University of Birmingham Due to Birmingham's role as a centre of light engineering, the university traditionally had a special focus on science, engineering and commerce, as well as coal mining. It now teaches a full range of academic subjects and has five-star rating for teaching and research in several , UK. It has been under development for the last 10 years and toxicity trials are almost completed. Phase one and two trials will begin soon. This vaccine is not only expected to prevent AIDS, but it also may prevent the onset of AIDS in HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. positive patients. This is a brand new approach to the AIDS problem based on an intracellular vaccine that uses a technology proven in clinical trials with both herpes genitalis and pre-clinical research into cytomegalovirus cytomegalovirus (sī'təmĕg'əlōvī`rəs), member of the herpesvirus family that can cause serious complications in persons with weakened immune systems. and equine herpes vaccines. Clinical trials with the HIV-VAC vaccine will soon be underway, with completion of studies and Government approvals within two to three years. The United Nations estimates that there are currently 30.6 million people infected worldwide with the AIDS virus. The disease is spreading at a rate of 10,000 people each day. It is estimated that the number of people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of the year 2000 will be 55 million. StockHouse Media Corporation owns leading online communities catering to the Internet's affluent netizens. As an Internet financial media service, StockHouse.com, provides breaking news about North American stocks. With over one million visitors per month, StockHouse.com has emerged as a premier online global financial content provider. StockHouse maintains offices in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong. For more information, visit http://www.stockhouse.com. The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of the company; the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from expected results. Such risks include the timing of implementation and the scope and success of the program described here. |
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