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A new vaccine of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), the version of HIV that exists in monkeys, has proven to be effective in about half of its test subjects who were exposed to the virus later in life, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. Louis Picker, M.D. (pictured) of the Oregon Health Sciences University, made the breakthrough after a decade of research in developing an HIV vaccine. The researchers tested their vaccine in rhesus macaque monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, according to the university. Full Post…