Czech scientist named among Time’s 100 Most Influential People for HIV breakthrough

Name: Czech scientist named among Time’s 100 Most Influential People for HIV breakthrough
Uploaded: 2026-01-09T10:25:25+00:00
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Description: Time magazine has named Tomáš Cihlář, a Czech virologist at the US biopharmaceutical company Gilead, among the 100 Most Influential People of 2025, alongside biochemist Wesley Sundquist of the University of Utah. Their work focuses on developing drugs that protect against HIV. Today, access to antiviral medications can turn an HIV infection, including AIDS, from

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Time magazine has named Tomáš Cihlář, a Czech virologist at the US biopharmaceutical company Gilead, among the 100 Most Influential People of 2025, alongside biochemist Wesley Sundquist of the University of Utah. Their work focuses on developing drugs that protect against HIV.

Today, access to antiviral medications can turn an HIV infection, including AIDS, from a fatal disease into a chronic condition.

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Author: Hannah Vaughan