[dawn53]

As usual, more progress made on VD than Cancer or heart disease. It makes for an interesting thesis about societal priorities, doesn’t it?

I have MS...my husband was ranting about just this thing the other day.

Considering the number of years "research" has been done on MS, versus HIV, they sure have made a lot of progress on HIV, with very little progress on MS...they still aren't even sure of the cause, and the treatments are not what you'd call "effective" considering the risks and side effects one has to endure when you choose one.

[buccaneer81]

I agree. I work for a European based Big Pharma company. The focus we’ve placed on HIV in the past decade, while neglecting other projects has been a hot topic of debate in my office. Being from Europe, it is painfully obvious to us that the UN has dictated policy toward this effort (yes, we have a UN lobbyist.)

[Oceander]

I have MS...my husband was ranting about just this thing the other day.

Considering the number of years "research" has been done on MS, versus HIV, they sure have made a lot of progress on HIV, with very little progress on MS...they still aren't even sure of the cause, and the treatments are not what you'd call "effective" considering the risks and side effects one has to endure when you choose one.

With all due respect to you, because MS is not something I would wish on anyone, I think that is probably because MS is a much more "sophisticated" difficult illness and trying to tease out its causes and remedies orders of magnitude greater than for the virus that causes HIV.

I realize that is rather cold comfort, but that is more likely the reason why progress on HIV is better than on MS.