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Detroit's DETROIT (WWJ) – An Ontario doctor is hopeful that a
vaccine he developed can stop the transmission of HIV — the
virus that causes AIDS. University of Western Ontario researcher
Dr. Chil-Yong Kang said his treatment is the only one to use a
“whole” genetically modified HIV virus that’s been killed, much
like methods used for polio, rabies and flu vaccines. “We
started our research on HIV and AIDS 20 years ago and over the
last 10 years we have developed a vaccine. The vaccine is a
prophylactic vaccine which is a preventative vaccine,” said
Kang. So far, the vaccine has only been tested in monkeys, but
the treatment has given doctors reason to be cautiously
optimistic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared
the vaccine for human trials, a process which will take about
five years. “We need about 6,000 people to test to have
statistically significant data, so we can compare a vaccinated
and non-vaccinated group to see how effective this