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	A path for prevention  (cover story) When 20,000 of the world's top AIDS researchers gathered in Geneva in late June, one clear message emerged: Prevention is still better than any cure. That belief is the foundation for the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, launched last fall with the participation of six Yale schools and $10.8 million in federal funding. By John Curtis Hunting down HIV A Yale professor has engineered a virus that attacks and destroys HIV in cell culture. Other scientists at the School of Medicine are responsible for drugs that slow the onset of AIDS and reduce the side effects of medication. A new era in AIDS treatment People with HIV are living longer as protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors thwart the onset of AIDS. Despite drug resistance and other complexities, these new agents have changed the way physicians care for their patients. Dispatch from the front lines Caring for people with AIDS helped author Peter Selwyn come to terms with a death in his own family. A life of engagement Until her death last December at 105, Helen Langner was the school's oldest graduate. “If you live long enough,” she told friends, “you get recognition, whether you deserve it or not.” In her case, the recognition spanned a century and marked an exceptional life. By John Curtis Factoring in gender How do gender differences affect the progress and treatment of disease? It's often hard to say, since for decades women were excluded from many clinical trials. A new Yale program in women's health research will explore this largely uncharted territory. By Michael Fitzsousa		Scope A plan for new space  |  Five new biotech ventures  |  Earlier cancer diagnoses  |  Lyme disease anxiety  |  Public health in China  |  How a brain tumor travels  |  Preventing stroke  |  New Haven Health online  |  An Everest expedition  |  Tobacco Wars  |  ADHD overdiagnosed?  |  Battling confusion  |  Closer town-gown ties  |  Art and medicine  |  Making sense of school violence  |  Human powered wings  |  Cardiology network forms  |  Canavan disease  |  Autobody distress  |  Dr. Doe verdict appealed  |  A "natural" tan  |  Confronting violence  |  Focus on fitness Gallery For early women in medicine, a different kind of facilities plan. Faculty news New books Development Student news Letters Bookend

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	Yale Medicine, Summer 1998. Copyright © 1998 Yale University School of Medicine. All rights reserved.