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‘Cure’ research suggests new paths to HIV control

Antiretroviral HIV medicines via AFP

WASHINGTON — Three studies presented Thursday at a major world conference on AIDS show new ways that scientists are striving toward a cure for the three-decade-old disease. One study focused on a group of 12 patients in France who began treatment on antiretroviral drugs within 10 weeks of becoming infected…

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Scientists urge fresh push for AIDS cure

Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS via AFP

WASHINGTON — International scientists on Thursday urged a new push for a cure to AIDS, saying the three-decade epidemic is outpacing medications to curb it. The seven-step scientific strategy focuses efforts on key areas such as the reservoirs where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) holes up in the body, and the…

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Kenyan activists criticize more than $500 million in unspent HIV funds

Swazi schoolboy at risk for HIV via Pal Teravagimov / Shutterstock.com

Scores of Kenyans living with HIV sang and chanted outside a hotel in central Nairobi on Wednesday, demanding that $500m of unspent funds from the US government’s Aids programme be freed to provide life-saving antiretroviral treatment in Kenya. The protesters’ shouts were meant to reach the ears of US officials,…

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