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This Week in Science

Jun 15, 2007

In Science this week there is a news story describing a website aimed at discrediting people who deny that HIV causes AIDS. This site, aidstruth.org, was launched by activists, clinicians, and researchers to change the previous policy of ignoring the denialists, says the piece. The site links to scientific reports and publishes critiques.

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