25 Years with HIV :The Scientist [2006-06-01]

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	BY PHILIP COHEN ARTICLE EXTRAS Feature ArticleThe Elite Controllers of HIVGAIL DUTTON reports from San Francisco on how infected nonprogressors - also known as elite controllers - are providing clues to the control, and potentially the eradication, of HIV. Related Articles: Jeff Getty: Lessons in desperate measuresHow a risky experiment led to a new understanding of HIV HIV Shows ItselfA 1981 report in the MMWR marks the beginning The Impact of HIVIts progressions, 1981-2006 and beyond Why Monkeys Block HIVOld world monkeys don't get infected, even though it enters their cells. Podcast: Resisting HIV: The Elite ControllersFeature contributor Gail Dutton talks with Steven Deeks about the rare and remarkable patients able to fight HIV.

25 Years with HIV June 5 marks twenty-five years since the publication of the landmark report in the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) documenting what turned out to be the first five recorded cases of AIDS in the US. Since then, the number of people who have died from AIDS globally has exceeded 25 million, and last year the total number of people living with the virus grew to an all time high of 40


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