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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1993)
! I • ,. .’*;_• 4., * • With the FDA’s cautious testing, AIDS research has made enormous advances since the disease was identified and publicized in the early 1980s. "We understand his better than any other microor ganism," Swindells said. “This is the most studied germ in the universe." Public awareness about AIDS has improved greatly also. When celebrities, like former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson, announced they were HIV-infected, the response was tremendous. “The overall reaction was it gave it a much more Positive image,’ she said. “This was a very different image; it wasn’t a person with sores and scabs.” Magic Johnson, announced they were HIV-infected, the response was tremendous. "The overall reaction was it gave it a much more positive image,” she said. “This was a very different image; it wasn’t a person with sores and scabs.” As public awareness for the disease increased, life expectancy for people with the AIDS virus did also. “Patients live twice as long now, and they stay healthier,” she said. “People just died with in a matter of months, now I have patients that live three to four years.” t)AVID BADDERS/SOWER 44 ' • ■ '* •» •* *