A cure for HIV-AIDS, or at least a vaccine, is on the horizon
HIV AIDS
While the rates of HIV-AIDS have stabilized or even declined in the developed world, the Third World continues to grapple with the devastating consequences of the autoimmune deficiency disease. Drug cocktails have helped to make AIDS a more survivable disease (again, mostly in the developed world) but bigger advancements in an HIV vaccine are just over the horizon. Patt talks with two of the most prominent researchers and activists on HIV-AIDS, and focuses on the hopes for cure and prevention.
Guests:
Dr. Seth Berkeley, president & CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative; epidemiologist & infectious disease expert
Elizabeth Pisani, epidemiologist specializing in HIV research; director of Ternyata Ltd public health consultants; author of “The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels & the Business of AIDS”
- Patt Morrison for February 12, 2010
- Getting personal with your genome, thanks to George Church
- Sam Harris picks a fight with God
- A cure for HIV-AIDS, or at least a vaccine, is on the horizon
- The Edison of our time
- Fear of science
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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