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For the nearly 35 million people around the world now living with HIV, there may never be a cure. Once cells are infected with HIV, it's excruciatingly difficult--perhaps impossible--to rid them of the virus. The only sure way to stop the epidemic is to prevent infection in...
Unfortunately, HIV is one of the most changeable viruses known to science. After more than a dozen years, researchers are still chasing the moving target through all its mutations, trying to find a few common elements among all the strains in circulation that they can use to concoct an effective...
Even without a vaccine, however, there is hope. The arsenal of treatment options has expanded considerably in recent years. Antivirals given to pregnant mothers have proved effective in preventing transmission to newborns, and a new, shorter treatment shows promise for use in developing nations.
Still, the billions of dollars spent on AIDS research over the past 20 years has not been wasted. As scientists learn more about how HIV co-opts the human body to survive, they are realizing that drugs alone may not be enough. To contain the virus effectively, it may take...
Salk's major patron at Michigan, however, proved to be no one man but the whole U.S. Army, which needed a flu vaccine at once to help win World War II and was happy to complete Salk's education in speed under pressure. After that, it was a snap for...