HIV Cure Research presented by Kate Krauss, director of AIDS Policy Project at the Fenway Health Center community education conference: An End To AIDS - How A State Bill Can Change Everything hosted by SearchForACure.org, the Fenway Health Center, and the MA Dept. of Public Health

1. A community perspective By Kate Krauss, Executive Director AIDS Policy Project [email_address] Where are we in the search for a cure for AIDS? www.AIDSPolicyProject.org

2. What is a cure? A cure is a permanent remission in absence of requirement for therapy. A functional cure: Control of virus rather than elimination, without requirement for therapy. --The Division of AIDS, US National Institutes of Health www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts

4. NEJM Brief Report www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts

5. Gero Huetter www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts

6. Timothy Ray Brown www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts

11. What percentage of its research budget did the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases spend on AIDS cure research? In 2009, NIAID spent $40,652,172 on direct AIDS cure research. The total AIDS spending of NIAID in 2009 was $1.541 billion. Thus, NIAID spent less than 3% of it AIDS budget on direct cure research. An additional $20 million was spent on AIDS cure research for the brain at another branch of the NIH. www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts

12. www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts

17. www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts Gero Huetter,MD, physician who cured the first person with AIDS and researcher Steve Deeks, MD at a meeting organized by the AIDS Policy Project at the Zuni Café, San Francisco

18. www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts AMSA and SGAC

19. www.AIDSPolicyProject.org March 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts Jose Demarco