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Why No Aids Vaccines?

Scientists have successfully developed new drugs to fight AIDS, but a vaccine is still not in sight. Some have blamed the government's approach -- saying that it favored drug development over vaccines. Others say that the virus is just too tricky -- and that it will still be years before a vaccine is perfected. NPR's Richard Harris looks at the status of HIV vaccine research today.

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