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Kemri ‘Aids drug’ that failed to make a mark

By Kenneth Kwama

Kenya: Kenyan scientists stunned the world in 1990 when they unveiled a drug that was said to cure HIV/Aids. At that time, Aids was still a mystery and researchers from all over the globe were struggling to figure it out.

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