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National Geographic : 2002 Feb
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"It's a full-time job, being an AIDS patient," says W. Max well Lawton (below), a Wash ington, D.C., artist who gives himself a testosterone injec tion once a week to help maintain muscle mass. Every day he follows a strict sched ule, taking more than 20 pills between periods of fasting. Ten years ago he was so sick doctors gave him only three months to live. After partici pating in successful drug trials, he hopes he will live to see a cure. "There's always hope," he says. "The human spirit will find it somewhere." In Franceville, Gabon, Paul Telfer of New York University takes hair and blood samples from a pet chimpanzee (left). "A thorough understanding of the HIV viral evolution from its nonhuman primate origin to its current pan demic will help us create more sensitive tests and also contribute to vaccine devel opment," he explains. The first large-scale vaccine trial in a developing country began in Thailand in 1999 among drug addicts like this volunteer receiving one of seven injections (left, middle). Last May the 16th annual AIDS Walk in New York City attracted 40,000 participants and raised 4.5 million dollars to fund social services for people living with HIV/AIDS. SEARCH FOR A CURE
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