If you can't drink or smoke...

Cure AIDS! BYU (mormon U) scientists have been working on what seems to be a compound that targets and kills HIV virus by disabling it from attacking T-helper cells. Here's a bit from the article:

Savage said he and his BYU research team had been studying CSAs for eight years, noting the compounds' value against microbial and bacteria infections. It was only a year ago they saw that CSAs killed viruses, too.
"They kill viruses very effectively and in a way paralleling our own, natural defenses," Savage said, noting that beyond the obvious use as a weapon against the AIDS pandemic, CSAs could help many others with non-HIV immune deficiencies.
Further, the compounds appear to have few limits on how they are delivered to patients. Although early indications are for application of CSAs with an ointment or cream, pills or injections may also be developed - if the compound gets to market. BYU and Vanderbilt have jointly filed a patent on CSA technology, which has been licensed exclusively to Ceragenix. Ceragenix CEO and Chairman Steven Porter said only further research will tell, but he was optimistic about the application of CSAs in the war on HIV/AIDS. There are indications that it could help battle antibiotic- and antiviral-resistance strains of disease as they manifest themselves.

AWESOME! But, is it wrong of me to be scared that news like this will stop people from having safe sex? The answer is an unequivocal YES, but even I had the fleeting thought that if we are so close to a cure, why bother?