Progress in HIV research

Next week is the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, and an article in The Conversation by Edwina Wright, Associate Professor at Monash University, as part of that publication's build-up to the conference, is positive about recent achievements in the field.

Five promising steps forward in HIV science looks at advances in the areas of treatment as a prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis, antiretroviral therapy, co-infection of HIV and hepatitis C, and the move towards a cure.  Links are provided to recent trials and studies in this useful overview of current research.