Is the Cure for HIV Possible in our LIfetime?

What Can We Do Now to Speed Up HIV Cure Research?


After attending a meeting sponsored by several organizations (TAG, AMFAR, Project Inform, the AIDS Policy Project) in Baltimore on April 20-21 this year, I came to the realization that we needed a video that would wake people up to the challenges ahead of us to get to a cure of HIV that is accessible and practical. As most of you know, the case of Timothy Brown (aka The Berlin patient), a person who got cured of HIV and leukemia 5 years ago, has jolted a new energy and hope in the search for the cure. But most people with HIV, policy makers and potential funding sources are not fully aware of this case and what the new movement for a search for a cure are all about. So, I decided to travel around the country to interview key players in advancing this field to make a short video that could serve as a catalyst for awareness and change. This short video, done with a very low budget with the help of my activist friend Greg Fowler, is only part of a longer, more detailed documentary to be finished before World AIDS Day this year, the 30 year anniversary of the first AIDS cases. Please watch it and forward it to your friends. Please follow the suggestions made in that video and become part of the cure! Everyone can do something now to raise awareness and funds not only for research but also for advocacy and education in this important new and expanding area. I hope I can count on you.

--Nelson Vergel

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[MrJoeCortina]

@gwmarmalade I pray for you my friend. Hopefully it will not take long to find a cure for HIV.

[xiaoquan]

@1mhiv They don't look for healthy people to test it. They will look for people with HIV.

[xiaoquan]

Why not develop a machine just like kidney dialysis does. Drawing out blood and treating it than goes back to the body.

[1mhiv]

another bad idea, stay away from the Vaccin it will cause AIDS it-self...Now they r looking for 600 poor people to test they bloody thing, how can they find a Vaccine if they cant find the agent in the first place??

[EnavSounds]

@gwmarmalade Science is the biggest engine for prosperity and health in the future, I'm pretty sure you gonna get a cure in more or less 5 years, so don't give up your hope or dreams, what you need now is to find psychologist to help you handle the fear and drama you may are feeling now.. you got to keep you strong, working and productive to have money for your treatment and wait these few years for the cure is about to arrive... Best Luck for you

[gwmarmalade]

My name is Vincent, and I found out I was HIV positive three days ago. I have been scared, and at a lost for action. Perhaps the internet has not been as great of help as I thought. But I have desided to start my therapy. I am happy to have seen this video. It is wonderful to know people are vigorusly looking for my hope, a cure. More so, I want a cure for us all with HIV.