HIV Cure
Have Scientists found a cure for HIV?
Dr Maryanne Demasi travels to the US to meet the scientists who are working on a cure for HIV and shakes hands with the first man to be cured of the virus.
More than three decades on from its first outbreak, HIV/AIDS remains a prevalent killer, even in the developed world, and a pressing scientific challenge to understand and treat. The rate of infection, especially among young people, is increasing, and in parts of Africa in particular, it remains an epidemic-scale killer. Yet a cure could be just around the corner, and scientists are optimistic that the virus' days might be numbered. Is HIV here to stay, or will it be consigned to history like Smallpox?
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