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Article: AIDS Will the Future Bring a Cure?(problems with protease inhibitor drug therapy) (includes related article)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
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- December 1, 1998
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The new HIV drugs have cut the number of AIDS deaths in the United States. But we're a long way from winning the battle against this lethal virus.
"The doctors and scientists are really coming up with some fantastic drugs," said Magic Johnson. "The cocktail that people [with HIV] are basically all on right now has proven to be a drug that has prolonged life and has given us all hope that we're going to live for a long time."
Johnson, like many other people in the United States, has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
In early June, when Magic Johnson talked about hope in a TV Guide interview, the future seemed bright for ...