« back to article

Discuss “SciTech News Briefs”

Vaccine to be tested in Africa

Sweden and Tanzania have formed a partnership to test a new HIV vaccine. Trials of the vaccine will begin in Sweden in October and will expand to Tanzania next year.

The vaccine is created by isolating a safe constituent of HIV?s DNA. This is then injected into volunteers, who also receive a follow-up immunity-boosting shot.

Source: Wired News

Chemical treaty under review

Over 100 countries have sent delegates to Geneva to discuss extending the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals. The original convention began over concerns that developing countries were not aware of the risks involved with chemicals they were imported. The convention ensured that a certain amount of expertise in handling the chemicals...

Comments

Be heard

Name:
Required
Email:
Optional
Comment:

Comment guidelines

If you provide an email address, it will be displayed. This may make you more vulnerable to spammers.

HTML is not allowed. Paragraphs are automatically created by leaving a blank line. Links are created from URLs automatically.

Off-topic or inappropriate (e.g. obscene, libelous) comments are not permitted and will be removed.

Important: The Tartan provides these discussion boards to encourage discussion about the topics we report. The views and opinions expressed in these comments are those of their authors, and do not reflect the opinions of The Tartan.