25 years with HIV

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Twenty-five years ago, on June 5, 1981 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report heralded the emergence of HIV and AIDS. More than 25 million people have died from AIDS globally, but scientists were able to identify the virus with its mode of transmission, anti-retroviral drugs being discovered to combat the disease, yet clinical trials are on to test new methods of preventing infection and the search is on for a vaccine for HIV/AIDS.

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The best offense?

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The research report on a CCR5 inhibitor called maraviroc as an oral treatment for HIV patients that prevents the virus entering uninfected host cells is reviewed.

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5 HIV treatment strategies

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The new therapies and approaches, which could help the people suffering from HIV/AIDS to survive and even prevent the disease entirely, are reviewed.

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