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Last Gift In the Media
In-Depth: HIV Institute at UC San Diego paves way towards cure
10News San Diego
To Help Researchers Find Out About HIV’s Life After Death, Some People Plan to Donate Their Bodies to Science
TheBody: The HIV/AIDS Resource | April 2021
Dying People Give Last Gift to Help Cure HIV
EurekAlert | January 2020
The Last Gift: Taking Part in HIV Cure Research at the End of Life
PositivelyAware | May 2019
Virus Detectives Test Whole-body Scans in Search of HIV’s Hiding Places
Nature | October 2018
HIV+ Volunteers are Bequeathing their Organs to a New Project
The Economist | June 2018
HIV Survivors Give Their ‘Last Gift’ In A New San Diego Study
KPBS | September 2017
Last Gift Study: End-of-Life HIV Research
infectious Disease Advisor | June 2017
Last Gift Study: Community Perspective on End-of-Life HIV Research
Infectious Disease Advisor | June 2017
Last Gift Research Publications
Scale up Rapid Research Autopsies for Tissue Immunology
Nature | July 2021
Clinical and Rapid Autopsy Staff Members’ Experiences and Perceptions of HIV Reservoir Research at the End of Life
PLOS ONE | November 2020
Perceptions of Next-of-Kin/Loved Ones About Last Gift Rapid Research Autopsy Study Enrolling People with HIV/AIDS at the End of Life: A Qualitative Interview Study
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | November 2020
Performing Rapid Autopsy for the Interrogation of HIV Reservoirs
AIDS | June 2020
My Death Will Not Be in Vain
ResearchGate | May 2020
HIV Persists Throughout Deep Tissues with Repopulation from Multiple Anatomical Sources
The Journal of Clinical Investigation | January 2020
Ethical Considerations for HIV Cure-related Research at the End of Life
BMC Medical Ethics | June 2018
Willingness to Participate in HIV Research at the End of Life
PLOS ONE | July 2018
Can Research at the End of Life be a Useful Tool to Advance HIV Cure?
AIDS | January 2017