AIDS work led by UNC scientist wins high praise newsobserver.com
Excerpt: An HIV discovery from researchers led by a UNC-Chapel Hill scientist is the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2011, according to the prestigious journal Science.The study found that early treatment with anti-retroviral drugs sharply cut the risk that infected patients will transmit HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS. That finding could help slow the spread of the disease, perhaps dramatically...
Cohen said Thursday that he is elated about the honor from the journal not just for himself but for the research team and the university. "This is big," he said. "I'm not going to have this happen again."