St. Jude participating in 4,500-person clinical trial for HIV prevention
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a partner institution in a study about HIV prevention treatment for 16-year-olds and up. (The Daily Memphian file)
When it comes to HIV prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis is a well-established treatment that reduces the chance of HIV by up to 99%.
And now, researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are partnering with dozens of medical partners globally to answer a question — how do certain treatments work with 16- and 17-year-olds versus adults?
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