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HIV trial is ‘breakthough’ of 2011

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A pharmacist shows anti-retroviral drugs. A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year on Thursday. (AFP Photo/Stuart Price) A pharmacist shows anti-retroviral drugs. A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV …
A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year on Thursday. Other top achievements of 2011 included a Japanese spacecraft's return to Earth with dust from an asteroid, progress toward a malaria vaccine and discoveries about modern humans' gene links to cavemen.
The annual top 10 list by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes the journal Science, appear in the magazine's December 23 issue.
The lead story of the year was an international trial, coined HPTN 052, which showed that people taking anti-retroviral drugs reduced the risk of heterosexual transmission to partners by 96 percent.