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Single-shot HIV treatment suppresses virus 10,000-fold for months, animal study finds

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Researchers have developed an experimental HIV treatment that sustains itself in the body.

The new treatment has been tested in monkeys, not people, but in the monkeys it suppressed HIV for at least seven months .

About 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV, but only about three-quarters are currently receiving antiretroviral therapy.

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He specializes in the study of the very small — from genes that make our bodies work to the chemicals that could support life on other planets.

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