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Manchester United vs Wolfsburg Preview

Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has tipped Wayne Rooney to gatecrash the elite trio currently monopolising world football.

Rooney is set to make his 50th European appearance tomorrow when Manchester United entertain German champions Wolfsburg in Champions League Group B.

His first three goals for United came in a dramatic debut-night hat-trick against Fenerbahce in the Champions League, heralding his £27million arrival from Everton.

Although there have been moments Rooney has cause to regret, not least his red card for sarcastically applauding referee Kim Milton Nielsen in Villarreal, at no point has the 23-year-old given Ferguson any other belief than he is destined for the top.

The United boss feels Rooney has some work to do before he can be put into the same bracket as Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were crowned world player of the year in the last two seasons, and Lionel Messi, who is set to receive the honour this autumn.

But he has no doubts the Merseysider will get there eventually.

"Wayne could easily get to that level," said Ferguson.

"It was a pretty remarkable feat to get that hat-trick and his progress has never disappointed us at any point since.

"When we signed him as a kid, we thought he would become a really top player. Without question he is going in that direction.

"He is blessed with some ingredients only great footballers have.

"He has a great determination and hunger to win every match and every training session. That will never change.

"Sometimes there is criticism about the amounts footballers get paid. But when you see the effort he puts in, he is worth every penny.

"He plays as if he means it. It is a wonderful thing to have."

Wolfsburg coach Armin Veh, meanwhile, insists his team "will not hide" at Old Trafford tomorrow.

The Wolves stunned German football last season by holding off the challenges of far better known rivals to clinch the Bundesliga.

Their reward is a Champions League debut and, after opening their campaign by defeating CSKA Moscow, they are now preparing to enter one of the citadels of the game.

Veh admits he cannot be sure how his team will react, but he does not expect any sense of inferiority. And neither does he feel they will be scared.

"Old Trafford is a special ground and Manchester United is a very special club," said Veh.

"They have played over 150 games in this competition and we have only had a couple.

"But we will not hide and I won't be losing any sleep thinking about it.

"It is impossible to say for certain whether the players will be inspired or afraid. But I do know we cannot afford to wait until Manchester United have scored four or five goals before we start to impose our own style on the match."

Veh is not expecting a problem. In fact, he feels a myth has grown up around Old Trafford.

"When people talk about atmospheres, the best ones are in Germany," he added.

"We experience those crowds every week, so in describing the atmosphere at Old Trafford, it is more to do with the legend of United, rather than the stadium itself."

Barcelona 2-0 Dynamo Kiev

Barcelona made it four points from two games in their Champions League group after confidently seeing off Dynamo Kiev.

Lionel Messi put the Catalan giants on their way with the opening goal in the 26th minute before half-time substitute Pedro Rodriguez sealed a fairly comfortable victory with Barca's second 14 minutes from time.

Pep Guardiola's side, who drew 0-0 with Inter Milan in their opening match, now take over the Group F leadership from Dynamo, who beat Rubin Kazan 3-1 first time out but were outclassed tonight.

Barca led 1-0 at the break, but they should have been out of sight by that point after creating a series of chances that saw Dynamo goalkeeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy working over time.

Dynamo gave as good as they got in the opening stages but Barca soon started to dominate possession and territory and they made the breakthrough in the 25th minute.

Ibrahimovic was the outstanding player of the first half, but it was Messi who put Barca ahead as he picked up a good pass from Xavi, cut inside Leandro Almeida before rifling a low shot past Shovkovskiy.

Shovkovskiy will probably feel he could have done more with the effort as the ball squirmed under him, even though Messi's effort was well struck.

That goal was the catalyst for a sustained period of Barca pressure that saw the treble winners create at least four very good opportunities.

The first saw Messi denied by the onrushing Shovkovskiy in the 27th minute following a brilliant Ibrahimovic backheel, while five minutes later the Dynamo goalkeeper did well again to race out any deny Ibrahimovic after Xavi's perfectly-weighted pass had put the Sweden international clear.

Xavi then saw two of his own efforts saved by the busy Shovkovskiy as Guardiola's men continued to dominate.

The hosts almost suffered a surprise setback just before half-time when, against the run of play, Dynamo got the ball into the back of the Barca net following a rare foray forward.

However, Ognjen Vukojevic's celebrations were cut short due to an infringement and Barca could breathe again.

And it was back to business as usual soon after that as Shovkovskiy was again called upon on the stroke of half-time to make a crucial double save to deny Messi when one-on-one and then tip over Ibrahimovic's acrobatic volley from the rebound.

If anything, Barca were even more dominant after the break, although they found clear-cut chances harder to come by as Dynamo packed their defence.

On thing that did not change was the massive contributions of Ibrahimovic and Shovkovskiy for their respective sides.

Ibrahimovic twice tested Shovkovskiy, the first with a header and then with a low shot that the Dynamo stopper did superbly to push away one-handed, before the former Inter Milan hitman turned provider to help Barca finally get the two-goal cushion they were desperately seeking.

Ibrahimovic's low pass into the area found Pedro, and he controlled the ball, shifted it onto his left foot and slotted a low shot just inside the far post.

That was enough to guarantee the points would be staying at the Nou Camp, although Dynamo almost set a few hearts fluttering in the 87th minute when captain Artem Milevskiy's lob landed on the roof of the net after latching onto a poor headed back-pass by Sergio Busquets.

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Jose Mourinho was furious as he saw Inter Milan limp to a 1-1 draw against Rubin Kazan in a match his side finished with ten men.

Rubin took the lead in the 11th minute thanks to Alejandro Dominguez but the hosts gifted Dejan Stankovic the equaliser on the half hour.

The hosts were somewhat unfortunate not to take all three points after playing out the final half hour at a feverish pace following the dismissal of Mario Balotelli for a second bookable offence.

Barcelona are top of Group F after a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kiev, who fall to second.

Lionel Messi put the holders ahead after 26 minutes when Andreas Iniesta's pass found him on the right. Messi then cut in and sent in a low left-footed shot into the net.

Rodriguez Pedrito doubled the lead when he stroked the ball past the goalkeeper following a pass by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

In Group E, Lyon got their second win from two games as they beat Debrecen 4-0.

Debrecen went behind after just three minutes against Lyon when Kim Kallstrom volleyed in Miralem Pjanic's corner and things went from bad to worse for the Hungarian side when Pjanic scored from a free-kick 10 minutes later.

It was all over after just 24 minutes with Pjanic involved again. This time his corner was met by captain Sidney Govou whose header deflected off Peter Czvitkovics and into the net.

Bafetimbi Gomis made it four six minutes after half-time to leave the French team top of the group.

Fiorentina beat Liverpool 2-0 with two first-half goals from Stevan Jovetic with the Italians pipping the Anfield club for second at the moment.

Sevilla are top of Group G after a comprehensive 4-1 victory at Rangers who languish in bottom spot.

Abdoulay Konko broke the deadlock on 50 minutes with Adriano, Luis Fabiano and Frederic Kanoute adding to the tally in a devastating 10-minute period.

Nacho Novo scored a late consolation for the hosts at Ibrox.

Unirea Urzxiceni and Stuttgart shared a 1-1 draw.

The Germans took an early lead when a Timo Gebhart challenge saw the ball run loose to Sergar Tasci, who fired into the net.

However, the hosts levelled three minutes after half-time when Dacian Varga curled a shot into the far left corner.

Arsenal lead Group H after a 2-0 win over Olympiacos thanks to goals by Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin.

AZ Alkmaar took the lead in their match against Standard Liege shortly after half-time when Mounir El Hamdaoui collected the ball and in one movement, turned and sent a shot into the net.

However, Mouss Traore levelled for Standard in the final minute for a 1-1 draw.

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Blog trở lại với mục chuyên đề Tin tức: "Đã có Vacxin chống HIV"- Bước ngoặc lịch sử trong cuộc chiến chống HIV/AIDS

Lần đầu tiên trên thế giới, một văcxin đang thử nghiệm cho thấy có thể ngăn chặn được virus HIV. Theo AP, đây là một bước ngoặt lớn trong cuộc chiến chống “đại dịch thế kỷ”.

Kết quả trên cũng gây ngạc nhiên bởi cho đến gần đây các cuộc thử nghiệm văcxin HIV đều thất bại, khiến nhiều nhà khoa học nghĩ rằng sẽ không bao giờ bào chế được văcxin chống virus HIV.

Ngày 24-9, phát biểu tại Bangkok (Thái Lan), các nhà nghiên cứu nói trong cuộc thử nghiệm lớn nhất thế giới ở hơn 16.000 tình nguyện viên tại Thái, văcxin của họ đã cắt giảm nguy cơ nhiễm HIV xuống hơn 31%.

“Mặc dù kết quả trên còn khiêm tốn nhưng đây là bằng chứng đầu tiên cho thấy chúng ta có thể có được một loại văcxin an toàn và hiệu quả”, nhà nghiên cứu Jerome Kim nói.

Nghiên cứu trên được thực hiện dưới sự kiểm soát của Bộ Y tế Thái Lan, đã tiến hành thử hai văcxin: ALVAC của Sanofi Pasteur (thuộc Tập đoàn dược Sanofi-Aventis) và AIDSVAX, lúc đầu do VaxGen Inc. phát triển và nay do Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận do các nhân viên cũ của VaxGen thành lập) phát triển.

ALVAC dùng canarypox, một virus ở loài chim đã được biến đổi để không gây bệnh cho người, để đưa ba gen HIV vào cơ thể tình nguyện viên. AIDSVAX thì chứa một protein ở bề mặt virus HIV được sửa đổi về mặt di truyền. Các văcxin này được tạo ra không phải hoàn toàn từ virus nên không gây nhiễm.

Nghiên cứu được tiến hành trên các nam nữ tình nguyện viên Thái không bị nhiễm HIV, tuổi đời 18-30 và có nguy cơ nhiễm HIV ở mức trung bình. Một nửa trong số này được tiêm bốn liều ALVAC và hai liều tăng cường AIDSVAX trong sáu tháng. Nửa còn lại được tiêm giả dược.

Tất cả đều được phát bao cao su, được tư vấn miễn phí và chữa trị bệnh lây qua đường tình dục. Họ cũng được xét nghiệm HIV mỗi sáu tháng và những ai bị nhiễm sẽ được điều trị miễn phí bằng thuốc kháng virus.

Những người tham gia nghiên cứu được theo dõi ba năm sau khi tiêm văcxin. Kết quả, có 51 người trong số nhóm được tiêm văcxin (8.197 người) bị nhiễm HIV, thấp hơn 31% so với nhóm còn lại.

Mục tiêu tiếp theo của nghiên cứu là xem liệu văcxin có gây ảnh hưởng đến hệ miễn dịch và có giúp giữ cho những người nhiễm HIV không phát triển thành bệnh AIDS hay không.

Theo ước tính của Chương trình phòng chống HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) của Liên Hiệp Quốc, mỗi ngày thế giới có 7.500 ca nhiễm HIV mới, và trong năm 2007 có đến 2 triệu người thiệt mạng do HIV/AIDS.

Nguồn TTO