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Partnerships, broad support helping UNMC close in on a cure for HIV

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Partnerships, broad support helping UNMC close in on a cure for HIV

• Chris Dunker | Lincoln Journal Star
• Dec 29, 2019
• Dec 29, 2019 Updated Feb 2, 2020
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Drs. Benson Edagwa (left) and Howard Gendelman talk about the University of Nebraska Medical Center's HIV research during an interview. Gendelman says researchers are close to moving to human trials.

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Adam Szlachetka, operations manager of the Nebraska Nanomedicine Production Plant, holds an HIV drug formulation. 

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

HIV drug formulations manufactured at the Nebraska Nanomedicine Production Plant, which opened earlier this year and is one of the very few nanomedicine manufacturing laboratories operated by a university in the U.S.

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Adam Szlachetka, operations manager of the Nebraska Nanomedicine Production Plant, talks about a new freeze dryer at the clean room manufacturing facility earlier this month.

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

JoEllyn McMillan, director of the Nebraska Nanomedicine Production Plant, says the plant follows “Good Manufacturing Practice,” or GMP, which allows it to produce UNMC’s HIV drug consistently and at quality standards.

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Dr. Howard Gendelman of UNMC talks about his HIV research during an interview at his office. 

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Dr. Howard Gendelman of UNMC talks about his HIV research during an interview at his office.

• JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

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Chris Dunker | Lincoln Journal Star

OMAHA — Human immunodeficiency virus was deemed incurable for decades as scientists were unable to overcome its resistance to vaccines and were incapable of preventing it from mutating and integrating itself into the host’s DNA.

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