International AIDS Society Prioritizes HIV Cure [VIDEO]

The International AIDS Society (IAS) has designated research towards a cure for HIV/AIDS as one of its top priorities. The spring IAS established a global working group focusing on HIV reservoirs and their eradication -- a key element in the search for a cure for HIV/AIDS.

Nobel Laureate and IAS president-elect Francoise Barré-Sinoussi recently spoke with HIVandHepatitis.com about the new group, some promising areas of exploration, and the need for more funding to bring this research to fruition.

"In the field of HIV/AIDS there are two main priorities: to try to get a vaccine and to try to get a cure,” said Barré-Sinoussi during an interview in Boston. “We are all concerned about funding at the international level, which is decreasing these days because of the economical crisis. The HIV epidemic is still there...[and] still increasing in some populations. That means the game is not over and we have to find new strategies for the future."

7/12/11

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F Barré-Sinoussi and L Highleyman. Interview. Boston, February 28, 2011.