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In 2015, scientists used CRISPR to cut the HIV virus out of living cells from patients in the lab, proving that it was possible.
Only about a year later, they carried out a larger scale project with rats that had the HIV virus in basically all of their body cells.
example HIV-AIDS patients. The drugs, which are produced in India, they are very important
They tell you, once you take a cup of this tea every morning for say one month you're going to lose weight. And there's also things like herbal cure-it-alls, you know, lots of mixtures of herbs which they claim, oh this can cure HIV, this can cure cancer, this can cure sickle cell anemia. And there are lots of messages from health experts, even state regulatory bodies, saying, oh these things do not work. We do not have any evidence that these things will offer you the value that this will promise, that it offers. And then there are also things like unregulated fertility and aphrodisiac products. You know, people and lots of messages online will tell you, oh once you take this or you apply this topically, you're going to get better in the other room. You know, you're going to be better, your performance is going to be great, it's going to offer you this and that. Part of the reasons why this happens in a country like Nigeria is currently, Nigeria is facing very tough economic times and this has affected the cost of drugs. Most people can no longer afford medical products, so they are turning to alternative means, unorthodox means, and they're looking for ways to take care of their health while they can still, you know, keep the little money that they have. Then things like the cultural background of Nigeria and the religious background, Nigeria being a very conservative country, conversations around sex and fertility and reproductive health isn't what you ideally hear people talk about in the open. So that means, because it's very hush-hush, people seek for very secret ways to address their needs in that sphere. And lastly, here is our What in the World colleague, Maria Clara Montoya.
They tell you, "Oh, once you take a cup of this tea every morning for, say, one month, you're going to lose weight." And there are also things like herbal cure-it-alls, you know, uh, lots of mixtures of herbs which they claim, "Oh, this can cure HIV.
But just briefly, the Clinton Foundation made it possible for 11 million people around the world with HIV/AIDS to afford treatment.
with HIV/AIDS to afford treatment...
Some Africans were stuck in civil war and others hit by HIV.
others hit by HIV.
HIV research was pretty much stopped cold.
HIV research was pretty much stopped.
Maybe a sample has decayed Maybe they've lost contact with the people that they were tracking for the study Maybe the researchers had to due to financial imperatives move on to something Maybe even go into a different career entirely right and then the scientific knowledge that would have been produced as a result of current funding and there are lots of key areas where scientific Funding has been hampered for instance the development of an HIV AIDS vaccine, you know, like important stuff That you can't just restart it, right?
And the scientific knowledge that would have been produced as a result of current funding— and there are lots of key areas where scientific funding has been hampered, for instance, the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine, you know, like, important stuff— that you can't just restart it, right?
In South Africa, the number one killer for this age group is HIV/AIDS, and in Brazil, it's homicide.
In South Africa, the number one killer for this age group is HIV/AIDS
Researchers have also found that arrests and convictions under anti-gay laws have significantly reduced the use of HIV prevention and care services by gay men in Africa, undercutting the progress against the HIV and AIDS epidemic that PEPFAR sought.
Researchers have also found that arrests and convictions under anti-gay laws have significantly reduced the use of HIV prevention and care services by gay men in Africa, undercutting the progress against the HIV and AIDS epidemic that PEPFAR sought.
are the cells that are infected by HIV or people who have AIDS. And so you can see why
So if you have HIV you don't die of that. You're dying of normal infections that we