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: acting, used, or effective against HIV infection
an anti-HIV agent
potential anti-HIV activity
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The United States’ brawl with Gilead Sciences over ownership of an anti-HIV regimen will go to trial Tuesday, marking one of the government’s most muscular efforts to enforce its patents against a major drugmaker in recent years.
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Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
More than six million of them have access to anti-HIV medication, but these drugs are unable to cure HIV infection, and they must be taken for life.
—Bruce D. Walker, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Despite there being no cure for the virus, some researchers have started to implement stem cell transplants as treatment, allowing doctors to insert anti-HIV genes or mutations into an affected person’s new immune system.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
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Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
More than six million of them have access to anti-HIV medication, but these drugs are unable to cure HIV infection, and they must be taken for life.
—Bruce D. Walker, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Despite there being no cure for the virus, some researchers have started to implement stem cell transplants as treatment, allowing doctors to insert anti-HIV genes or mutations into an affected person’s new immune system.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
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“Anti-HIV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-HIV. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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anti-HIV
adjective
an·ti-HIV
-ˌā-ˌchī-ˈvē 
: acting, used, or effective against HIV infection
an anti-HIV agent
anti-HIV activity
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