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Should scarce resources be spent on biomedical research into HIV/AIDS in countries that cannot afford anti-retroviral therapy for all their patients, or should all available resources be allocated to direct patient care rather than to research?
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Morris, L., Martin, D., Quinn, T. et al. The importance of doing HIV research in developing countries. Nat Med 4, 1228–1229 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/3206
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