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BAIKONUR, Kazakstan (AP) — The rocket that will car
ry the long-delayed International Space Station's service
module into orbit was prepared for fueling Tuesday as work
ers made last-minute checks to ensure a smooth launch.
Both Russia and the United States have a lot riding on
the success of Zvezda, which will be the heart of the 16-na-
tion space station project. As well as containing flight con
trols and the sewage system, the Zvezda will be a hub for
future modules and is where the crew will sleep.
It was a quiet day Tuesday at the Baikonur cosmodrome,
located on thd remote steppe of this Central Asian nation,
with the giant Proton-K rocket standing at its launch pad
and most preparations already completed for the Wednes
day morning launch. Workers measured temperatures at
the rocket's base and readied it for the fuel that will be
pumped into its tanks just before the launch.
The 22-ton, 43-foot-long segment, which Russia says
cost about $320 million to build, has taxed Russia's dwin
dling resources and put the U.S.-led project more than two
years behind schedule, casting doubts on Russia's relia
bility as a major partner.
The launch could have come sooner if not for two crash
es of Proton rockets. Russia insists problems with the rock
et have been worked out, and it has put several satellites
into orbit with the help of Proton rockets since the crashes.
The Zvezda module will go into orbit unmanned, dock
ing several days later by computer with two other space sta
tion components that were launched in 1998. The first crew
could go to the station by October, NASA has said.
Two cosmonauts will be prepared to immediately
launch to Zvezda aboard a Soyuz rocket if the automatic
linkup goes wrong.
A failed launch would be a major setback for the pro
ject and Russia's attempts to retain its image as a leading
space power, which it gained by putting the first satellite
and the first man into space.
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Treating HIV-infected mothers during
pregnancy reduces the number of ba
bies who get AIDS, even if the women
risk passing on the virus later through
breast-feeding, researchers report.
Several studies have shown that
giving AIDS drugs such as AZT dur
ing pregnancy can substantially re
duce the risk of passing on HIV at
birth. However, more than half of all
mother-to-child HIV transmission re
sults from breast-feeding, and some
have questioned whether the early
treatment actually matters in the end.
A new analysis, presented Tuesday
at the 13th International AIDS Confer
ence, suggests indeed it does, even
though breast-feeding clearly does
wipe out much of the advantage of the
treatment during pregnancy.
Dr. Stefan Z. Wiktor and colleagues
from the U.S. Centers for Disease Con
trol and Prevention analyzed two
studies conducted on 641 births in
Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. In both
studies, women were treated with
AZT during the last month of their
pregnancies.
At birth, 14 percent of the babies
were infected among mothers getting
AZT, compared to 23 percent among
those who received dummy pills. The
researchers then followed the babies
while most of the infected mothers
breast-fed.
vival advantage from AZT was on
whelmed by the large number
deaths from other infant diseases,st
as diarrhea.
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University of Natal
After two years, 22 percent of the
babies whose mothers received AZT
were infected, compared with 30 per
cent of those who got placebos.
Wiktor said this is because the sur-
prevent AIDS transmission at birtl
The treatment, which costs ate
$4, involves one dose of nevirapin
during labor, one a’fter birth,
dose to the newborn. Dr. Daya Mi
ley of the University of Natalfl
pared this with a combination of tl
drugs AZT and 3TC.
Eight weeks after birth,
tion rates were virtually ideitaW-f
percent in the nevirapine babies®®
percent in the comparison group.
“The message is very simple,'®
Moodley. “Providing women will' 1
single dose of nevirapine, youcante
duce by at least one-third the W
mission from mother to child."
On Friday, Boehringer Ingelhein
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