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This month we focus
attention on HIV/AIDS in articles on vaccines, government
policy, nevirapine and the 'virgin myth'. Also in the 16th edition:
conservation of coelacanths, indigenous aquatic life and more. Over 1,2 million hits
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This Month's Features
In
Search of a Vaccine
 What
is an HIV vaccine, what will it need to do? Scientists discuss the
challenges, strategies, hopes and current approaches in the search for
an HIV vaccine
Nevirapine
- godsend or drug from hell?
 Insight
into the use of nevirapine in preventing mother to child transmission
of HIV, touching on some of the controversy surrounding this drug in
South Africa.
Perspectives
on HIV/AIDS from the DOH
 The
Department of Health gives South African government perspectives on HIV/AIDS in the country in terms of prevention and
treatment of the illness.
HIV/AIDS, the
Virgin Myth and Child Abuse
 What
is the link between infant rape, HIV/AIDS and the so-called virgin
myth? Two schools of thought
exist.
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Also in this Issue
Endangered - Africa's
biodiversity:
 Opinion
Piece: What is the ultimate price of continued introduction of alien
fish? Fly-fishing: a time to rethink?
Organisation
of the Month focuses attention on the many vanishing species of
frogs.
Reclaiming
the land from alien trees raises another issue: what to do with all those
trees?
Challenging
the belief of a Comoran home for coelacanths
Is
there a link between coelacanths and the origin of land vertebrates?
'Souped
up' poultry: New research at prolonging shell-life and reducing human
coronary heart disease.
Making
concrete: DIY science! A scientist gets down to the nitty gritty of
concrete in building.
More
coelacanths discovered off Sodwana Bay!
The
first African in Space, Mark Shuttleworth, will take a payload of local
scientific experiments with him.
Book Review:
For
the citizen concerned with anthrax and other types of chemical and
biological warfare.
Interview
with author of 'Chemical and Biological Warfare'
Planetariums
are fun - especially when they are inside a balloon! Young cyberkids find
out about Science Granny's trip to the Sasol Scifest.
South Africans scoop awards in Pan African Mathematics Olympiad
Researchers
find simple solution to doubling shelf-life of Proteas, benefits for
export industry.
Book
Reviews, science dictionaries and popular science magazines for youth
Science
competitions for budding scientists
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