It’s not shocking that the millions of dollars poured into HIV/AIDS research over the past several decades has led to more knowledge, better medications and better treatment methods for these illnesses. But what might be surprising is that all that money has helped researchers learn more about a variety of other illnesses ranging from heart disease to certain cancers, and about hepatitis and, potentially, flu and Zika viruses. On Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health released a report showing that, since the first AIDS cases in the United States were reported 37 years ago, the NIH has invested more than $69 billion in “the understanding, treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS,” according to the NIH release.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/HIV-research-has-provided-insight-into-other-13197452.php
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