Trends in Microbiology
Volume 22, Issue 10, October 2014, Pages 547-549
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Framing expectations in early HIV cure research

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Language used to describe clinical research represents a powerful opportunity to educate volunteers. In the case of HIV cure research there is an emerging need to manage expectations by using the term ‘experiment’. Cure experiments are proof-of-concept studies designed to evaluate novel paradigms to reduce persistent HIV-1 reservoirs, without any expectation of medical benefit.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would also like to thank the Fondation Brocher. This work was supported by U19 AI096113 (Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication), P30AI50410, and R01A108366 from the National Institutes of Health.

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