a little over 5 years ago i was approached on the streets of san francisco about joining a study to find a vaccine for hiv. i started writing about it here and talked about it often over the two years i was participating. it was called the 'project t' study which was short for the drug tenofovir.

so today, the results of the study were released in vienna at an international hiv/aids conference. there's information about the results here with details here and a Q&A on the subject here.

during the study i took pills once a day for nearly two years (technically 9 months for me specifically). got lots of blood drawn and many doctor visits and lots of talk about sex. and after all that, turns out i was taking the placebo in the blind study all the while. interesting news. here's to hoping that all is this helps us find a vaccine someday soon.