January 8, 2012
A study led by the University of North Carolina into HIV prevention has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.
The study evaluated whether antiretroviral (medicine that weakens the HIV virus) drugs can prevent sexual transmission of HIV among couples in which one partner has HIV and the other does not. The research found that early treatment with antiretroviral therapy reduced HIV transmission in couples by 96%.
The editors at Science said in their announcement that “in combination with other promising clinical trials, the results have galvanised efforts to end the world’s AIDS epidemic in a way that would been inconceivable even a year ago.”
At last, after taking a terrible toll on us for decades, we now know how to get the HIV virus on the run. Policymakers through the world are eagerly reading the study’s results. Let’s hope we see a change in HIV prevention during 2012.
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