By James Hall
Imagine, using Antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection, rather than just as a way to prevent HIV from developing into AIDS as is now the case.
Sounds too good to be true? And yet all signs in AIDS medical research are pointing to the use of ARVs to prevent rather than merely treat HIV. By the end of the year, the first studies with concrete proof that this is possible will be available.
Just two weeks ago this column repeated its assertion that the “Holy Grail” in the prevention of AIDS is a vaccine that when given will block HIV transmission. Read More…