Thu May 23 10:28:54 SAST 2013

Discoverer of HIV, says cure in sight

Jul 20, 2012 | Source : Sapa-AFP | 12 comments

The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV says a cure for AIDS is in sight following recent discoveries

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Thu May 23 10:28:54 SAST 2013 ::
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Jul 20, 2012

Papage

"She also said that it would be possible "in principle" to eliminate the AIDS pandemic by 2050, if barriers to drug access could be eliminated"

I will be gone then, so it wont be in our life time and hope our Children and grand children will be helped by this. Wish you all the luck DR
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Jul 20, 2012

kgoro

I think she is dreaming-you will never find cure for AIDS-ONLY GOD CURES AIDS**IN JESUS NAME
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Jul 20, 2012

Mbeva

Seeing is believing
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Jul 20, 2012

letwadi

When former President Mbeki questioned some of the finding and side effects of their research, he was lablled a denialist. It's a well known story of that lady, whose boobs grew to her toes and those babies born deformed in the EC, that the cause was the effect on this arv given to this people, without conducting proper tests. Now, the leraned doctor is coming up with some new discoveries which will take years before they are effective and as is the norm only the rich and the western patient will be the first to sample this new discovery, while africa and her children lag another 100 years behind
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Jul 20, 2012

Papage

I listened to Our Health Minister yesterday saying the % of babies born with HIV have dropped, but what about those who are born deformed and some mentally challenged cause of HIV preventative pills? and "Did you know that Kids born from HIV Mothers will depend on drugs for survival for the rest of their lives"? they will be drug addicts.
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Jul 20, 2012

keepchange

@Letwadi, you are a man ! and deserve a Bell.
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Jul 20, 2012

FarCeSpotter

letwadi

Please talk about the millions of people who have been helped by ARVs with minor effects. Many of whom would be dead by now, had it not been for these medicines.

With these drugs HIV is now seen as a chronic disease - not curable, but treatable.

Sorry no Bells !
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Jul 20, 2012

MommaC

letwadi

Honey, if African children were the first to sample the drugs then you would be shouting blue murder about them being used as guinea-pigs.

Lets see. Big boobs or a coffin? Not much of a choice there. I'd keep tripping over the boobs in the hopes of a better treatment coming along. Its hard to reverse the effects of 'dead'
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Jul 23, 2012

SOLUTIONS

I'd keep tripping over the boobs in the hopes of a better treatment coming along. Its hard to reverse the effects of 'dead'

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I always enjoy your comments, maybe one could go for a death reduction.
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Jul 23, 2012

Tasto

Aaagh man, someone somewhere doesn't not know the cure for Aids but they have it already.Pharmacetical\drug cartels won't allow their investments returns to vanish!! Funny all the person who have been cured as claimed are most white people and its a sad fact blacks are just guinea-pigs of vaccine trials for these drug cartels!!
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Jul 23, 2012

Debmann

letwadi deserve bell again, Mbeki was not a fool

u ppl must check duesburg hypothesis, house of number(movie), this is big business the research & profit is infinite. Imagine if there is a cure how many ppl can loose jobs, gvmnt loose tax, arv companies etc.

@tasto dont worry a cure is there and is having a patent number they just wont give it to some ppl like us. the cure is called tetrasilver tetroxide google it u will b suprized
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Aug 8, 2012

listener62

Guys, lately kids born from positive parents can be cure and bcome negative from birth. what does this tells you? is not a matter of the when the cure is there. this woamn is french and most pharmatical companies are in usa and usa is the only country which is the refree here.
no country can bring a vaccine without the approval of usa.
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