HIV shot could be coming soon
Posted Mar 5, 2014 7:54 am.
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New research suggests a shot every one to three months could someday provide an alternative to the daily pills that some people now take to cut their risk of getting HIV.
U.S. scientists say a long-acting, experimental drug completely protected monkeys from infection in two new studies.
If testing in people shows the same results, the shots could become a new tool to curb the spread of HIV.
The studies were done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and researchers at Rockefeller University in New York.
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