Dec
08
2009
HIV Research: Beyond the Vaccine – KQED QUEST
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: 6 Million, African Americans, Aids, Beyond, Hiv, Hiv Research, Hiv Vaccine, KQED, Public Health Crisis, Quest, Research, Research Groups, Sub Saharan Africa, United States, Vaccine, Virus
Over the past 15 years, the number of people who die of AIDS each year in the United States has dropped by 70 percent. But AIDS remains a serious public health crisis among low-income African-Americans, particularly women. And in sub-Saharan Africa, the virus killed more than 1.6 million people in 2007. QUEST meets two Bay Area research groups studying innovative approaches that could lead to new treatments and possibly a cure.
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