I am writing this diary in response to a previous diary written Monday by georgia10. You can find it here.
In that diary georgia10 shared with us a report from a research group at Rutgers. This group has apparently discovered new compounds that inhibit HIV replication. The report that was linked to made some quite exceptional claims, in fact the first sentence read in part:
Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS
In this diary I will try to educate everyone here at Kos about HIV, which happens to be my personal passion (I wanted to study it since middle school, and now I am doing just that). In the process, I will explain why what this group has done, while a step forward, is at best a small "breakthrough".
Sorry for the long diary, I really am trying to be brief (remember whole books have been written on this subject) but I think everyone here at Kos should be up to speed about HIV, it is an issue Democrats are strong in.
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