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Presents a model for AIDS treatment activism. HIV Treatment Data Project (TDP) by author-activist Larry Kramer; Debate over the reliability of information provided by TDP; Web site by Lotus company designed for HIV victims.

Focuses on an AIDS trial in New York City that tries to eliminate HIV through aggressive treatment. Administration of three powerful drugs that target HIV; Conduct of trial by Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center led by David Ho and Martin Markowitz; Reasons for conducting the trial.

Reports on experimental treatments for HIV and AIDS. How certain drugs work; Details on the drugs which were revealed at the Ninth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; Drugs from companies such as Merck & Co., Tibotec-Virco, Pfizer, and others.

Focuses on an agreement between several drug companies and the Senegal government on HIV drug price reductions which was reached at an October 2000 meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Background on the price-cut agreement between the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS and drug companies; Details on the discount plans of drug companies; Significance of the agreement.

Details the study published in the periodical `Nature' in September 2000 which offers a promise of long-term therapy for HIV infected patients. Implications of the results of the study; Discussion on the results of the study; HIV treatment.