The Clinton Foundation has a staff of 800 who deal with sensitive issues such as AIDS and poverty reduction.

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And officials consult more with groups with homosexual members, such as Action for AIDS. Gay themes are often tackled in plays, while movies with homosexual scenes are permitted.

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Course providers say such diversity aids discussion and provides participants with a broad range of perspectives on the topics covered.

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People with a weakened immune system due to diseases such as HIV and Aids or cancer.

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Simple, low-cost measures, such as regular TB-testing for people living with AIDS, are where investment has the most impact on saving lives.

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Every tumor has five to ten flawed genes driving its growth, and researchers may have to target several simultaneously with cocktails of drugs, the approach that worked against AIDS. But finding such cocktails will be slow and difficult because regulators frown on testing two experimental drugs together, and corporate rivals rarely share drugs.

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McMillian secured the first federal contract to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS among African-Americans for the fraternity and helped it form partnerships with organizations such as the U.S. Marine Corps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in discussing the disease.

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The other deals with issues such as prostitution and trafficking, the vulnerability of tribal peoples, and the irrelevance of traditional AIDS-prevention messages targeted at married women, addicts and prisoners.

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The benefits go far beyond the Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease that is diagnosed in only 600 American boys a year, to diseases like cancer and AIDS. Such drugs could even have a big effect on the muscle weakening that comes with aging.

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