UNC researchers have found the use of a combination of AIDS medications can help prevent the transmission of HIV through sexual activity. Doctor Myron Cohen is the Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infections Diseases at UNC. He told WCHL’s Blake Hodge more about the discovery.

This work will continue to find a cure with the joint company launched by UNC and GlaxoSmithKline, which was announced earlier this year.

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