Opinion Pieces

By Sharon Lewin, Director, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

I´ve been in Boston this week attending the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). While here mixing it with my colleagues, I´ve been reflecting on where we´ve come scientifically on the path towards an HIV Cure.

By Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, former IAS President and Margie McGlynn, President and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

An ounce of prevention, Benjamin Franklin famously said, is worth a pound of cure. But that is not always true when it comes to research into infectious diseases. Though scientists have traditionally tended to focus on either prevention or cure, defeating the HIV/AIDS virus will require researchers – and their funders – to collaborate to addres...