21.   Van Riper, in overseeing the vaccine research, at times was caught in the middle of the rivalry between the two researchers.

22.   Without the support from the NIH and NCI, Therion would have abandoned its HIV vaccine research years ago, said its president and chief executive, Dennis Panicali.

23.   Billions of dollars have gone into the development of effective AIDS treatments, but vaccine research has received relatively little funding.

24.   It was unclear how much would be devoted to vaccine research.

25.   Most vaccine research to date has focussed on an HIV strain found mainly in Europe and the United States, the newspaper said.

26.   Some adults can carry the parasite without getting sick, and have become the basis for the vaccine research.

27.   The gene therapy company reported positive results for its vaccine research to treat the Hepatitis B virus.

28.   WHO had wanted the stocks to be destroyed by the end of last year but the United States resisted, citing the need to keep stocks for vaccine research.

29.   Yet for all these diseases, vaccine research is advancing too slowly, in part because the potential customers in need are too poor.

30.   Blue Ocean will also be used to conduct vaccine research, the statement said.