• Question: do you think hiv and aids can be cured in the recent future?

    Asked by amar to Julian on 15 Mar 2011.
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      Julian Rayner answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hi amar.

      That’s a tough one. HIV/AIDS treatments have made huge steps forward in the last 10 years. From basically being a death sentence not that long ago, HIV/AIDS has turned into a disease that can be controlled with drugs for long periods of time, which is a huge victory for scientific research. These drugs really are miracles.

      Curing is a different matter though – none of the current drugs actually eliminate the virus, and people wind up living with HIV for the rest of their lives. I don’t work in the field, so I don’t know if we will ever be able to completely cure it, it is a pretty cunning virus. Still, people are working very hard on it, so I am hopeful, just like you.

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