Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:17:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "E. Blackstone"To: Jerzy Tarasiuk Subject: Re: Vaccines-- In-Reply-To: <51920@sci.med.aids> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi, Jerzy. I'm replying privately because I will only address the question about vaccines. Please check out our homepage. From there, read "More about HIV Vaccines" --especially the NIAID information. [This will make sense when you get there....] We've been researching HIV vaccines for 10 years now, and your idea is sound. We incorporate proteins from the outer envelope of HIV, plus a few interior proteins as well, with other "vectors" such as canarypox (a virus that is harmless to humans, but can introduce the HIV proteins to the immune system.) Anyway, read away. Let me know if you have questions. Good luck in your search. --EB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing ever has." --Margaret Mead Ellen Blackstone * Phone 206/667-2376 * Fax 206/667-2299 * AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit * 901 Boren, Suite 1320 * Seattle 98104 http://weber.u.washington.edu/~vaccine/