Bill Gates wants to cure HIV. He thinks it will take 10 to 15 years.

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This is from an email newsletter by NY Times, so no link.

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“I think there’s a good chance that a cure for HIV will be available in 10 to 15 years,” Gates writes.

One reason is advances in gene therapy that are making it easier and cheaper to treat affected people. The stakes are high, he says: “An ideal HIV cure will free all of them from taking these drugs and save the world millions of dollars a year in treatment costs. It will also mean that millions of people never have to worry about getting HIV in the future.”

The Gates Foundation is raising its spending. Gates notes that this past summer, the nonprofit said it would deploy $9 billion a year by 2026, a pledge that prompted him to transfer $20 billion to its endowment.

Also helping in that goal is a series of donations by Gates’s close friend Warren Buffett, which have totaled $45 billion since 2006. “I believe this is the largest gift ever given, and thinking about it fills me with awe and gratitude and a sense of responsibility to make sure it is spent well,” Gates writes.

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