AIDS vaccine available within 10 years - researcher

Researchers are optimistic a vaccine for HIV/Aids will be available within 10 years, but it’s unlikely to be fully effective against all strains of the virus, a US health expert said today in Australia.

Margaret Johnston, Associate Director of Aids vaccines at the National Institutes of Health in the United States, said there were dozens of vaccine prototypes under development around the world, with some 9,000 people participating in clinical trials.