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Magic Johnson, named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, has been living with HIV since 1991. Recently we've been seeing a lot of him in the media and noticed how healthy he looks. This caused us to ponder...wondering how close are scientist to finding a cure for HIV/Aids? Or how close are they to finding something that allowed people with HIV/Aids to live as long as those without it?

So, we did a little research into HIV/AIDS to truly try to understand it all. Some people seem to think there is a cure for it but it will never be released to the general public while others believe there is no cure for such a virus and those who are infected with it have to live with it forever. Either way we thought well how long can a person with HIV/Aids expect to live? How long do they have just in case there was a cure to be released or discovered? Here is a something we found on Wikipedia that peaked our interest...

"Eventually most HIV-infected individuals develop AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system.[7] Without treatment, about 9 out of every 10 persons with HIV will progress to AIDS after 10-15 years. Many progress much sooner.[8] Treatment with anti-retrovirals increases the life expectancy of people infected with HIV. Even after HIV has progressed to diagnosable AIDS, the average survival time with antiretroviral therapy (as of 2005) is estimated to be more than 5 years.[9] Without antiretroviral therapy, death normally occurs within a year.[10] It is hoped that current and future treatments may allow HIV-infected individuals to achieve a life expectancy approaching that of the general public."

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