Summary of Kent Heckenlively & Judy Mikovitz's Plague - E-book - ePub

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Dr. Robert Gallo was the keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on HHV-6 and -7, which was dedicated to the human herpes virus 6. Many Americans still believe he is the scientist who discovered the HIV virus, which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. #2 John Crewdson, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, was among the first to criticize Gallo's claims about the HIV virus.
He investigated many of Gallo's claims about his role in the discovery of the virus, and concluded that the lab had benefited from the resulting test. #3 The investigation of high-profile science exposed the pitfalls of money, ambition, and controversy. It showed that politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers, and marketers get too close to science. #4 Gallo had pushed the science further, demonstrating that the HIV virus caused AIDS, using a technique developed in his lab by Frank Ruscetti for growing T-cells.
He had also been among the few who took the renegade position that a retrovirus could cause human cancer.