RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 What can the lived experience of participating in risky HIV cure-related studies establish? JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP medethics-2017-104593 DO 10.1136/medethics-2017-104593 A1 Nir Eyal YR 2018 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2018/01/10/medethics-2017-104593.abstract AB This response to Gail Henderson et al argues that they were right that interviewees’ appraisals of cure study participation should inform (future) protocol review decisions, but wrong to take these appraisals at face value.