Editing HIV (section)

==Research==

{{Main|HIV/AIDS research}}HIV/AIDS research includes all [[medical research]] that attempts to prevent, treat, or cure [[HIV/AIDS]], as well as fundamental research about the nature of HIV as an infectious agent and AIDS as the disease caused by HIV.

Many governments and research institutions participate in HIV/AIDS research. This research includes behavioral [[health interventions]], such as research into [[sex education]], and [[drug development]], such as research into [[microbicides for sexually transmitted diseases]], [[HIV vaccine]]s, and [[antiretroviral drug|anti-retroviral drug]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/education-materials/fact-sheets/21/58/fda-approved-hiv-medicines |title=HIV Treatment: FDA-Approved HIV Medicines |publisher=AIDSinfo |access-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223195011/https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/education-materials/fact-sheets/21/58/fda-approved-HIV-medicines |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other medical research areas include the topics of [[pre-exposure prophylaxis]], [[post-exposure prophylaxis]], [[circumcision and HIV|circumcision]], and [[Biological clock (aging)|accelerated aging effects]].