HIV Policy & Advocacy
AIDS 2012: No HIV Found in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Who Remain on ART
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Two men who underwent bone marrow transplants for lymphoma using milder chemotherapy that allowed them to remain on antiretroviral therapy (ART) show no traces of HIV, researchers reportedlast week at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC. While not repeating the "Berlin Patient" HIV cure, these cases offer further insight into possible strategies for eradicating the virus.
AIDS 2012: Syringe Exchange Expansion in U.S. Would be Cost-saving
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Kelly Safreed-Harmon
According to a mathematical analysis presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) last week in Washington, DC, providing clean syringes to reduce HIV transmission among Americans who inject drugs is considerably less expensive than treating the new cases of HIV that would occur in the absence of this intervention.
AIDS 2012: Criminalization of People with HIV [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Friday, 27 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Criminalization of people with HIV was a key theme at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) taking place this week in Washington, DC.
AIDS 2012: Berlin Patient Timothy Brown Launches Foundation for HIV Cure [VIDEO]
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Monday, 30 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Timothy Ray Brown -- better know as the "Berlin Patient," the first person known to be cured of HIV -- launched a new foundation to raise funds for HIV cure research at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) last week in Washington, DC. He took the opportunity to announce that he is still free of HIV. 
AIDS 2012: We Can End AIDS, Activists Declare [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
About 5000 activists marched from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to the White House on July 24, 2012, demanding more resources and sound public policies in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Five marches converged at Lafayette Park, where several speakers addressed a rally and a dozen protesters were arrested typing red ribbons to the White House fence.
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