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World Service,28 Feb 2003,23 mins

Aids Vaccine Trial fails

Science In Action

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Researchers are disappointed at the failure of a trial vaccine against Aids, the fourth biggest killer in the world. How the deadly parasite Trypanosoma cruzi that causes Chagas disease mutates very quickly to become drug resistant. Rare Raso lark bird might die out as males have higher survival rate than females.

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