HIV Screening and Detection Moves Beyond the Clinic at UMass Amherst

Testing is considered to be crucial when it comes to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but there are still many barriers that prevent people from getting screened and treated. Researchers at UMass Amherst have been working on some new technology that could be a major breakthrough in that effort: at-home HIV detection tests. Professor Chang Liu, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UMass Amherst, and Dr. Helmut Albrecht, the Heyward Gibbes Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of South Carolina, talk with Nichole about the potential for this technology, the importance of breaking the stigma surrounding HIV, and the need for education and awareness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.