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First up this week, despite so many advances

in treatment, HIV drugs can suppress the virus, but they can't cure the infection. Where does

suppress HIV hang out? Staff writer John Cohen joins me to talk about the last gift study in which

people with HIV donate their bodies for rapid

autopsy to help find the last reservoirs of the virus. Next, researcher Christine Elliott

talks about the Bug Bowl, an annual public outreach event that highlights all the wonders and

benefits of insects. We also get to hear the sounds of

violins trying to be crickets and about how music can connect people to bugs in ways

poster boards and public lectures never could.

HIV has been incredibly difficult to tackle, and one of the main reasons for that is because

it's so good at hiding in the body. It's hard for vaccines to find. It's hard for drugs to find.

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