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While molecular biologists like Dr. William Haseltine and Dr. Myron E. Essex (See profile below) have probed the HTLV-III virus to discover its fundamental building blocks, others in the Harvard Medical Area like Hirsch at Massachusetts General and Dr. Jerome E. Groopman at New England Deaconess Hospital are hunting for immediate ways to stop the disease...
...Myron E. Essex directs an effort at the School of Public Health studying the proteins in the virus and the antibodies produced in reaction to the proteins. His group has discovered several viruses related to HTLV-III which may be useful for developing a vaccine...
Especially hopeful news came from the laboratory of Dr. Myron ("Max") Essex at the Harvard School of Public Health. Addressing a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, Essex announced that he, together with colleagues in Senegal and Tours, France, had isolated a new virus that is "closely related" to the AIDS virus but has several significant distinguishing traits. The virus, which was isolated from blood samples taken from Senegalese prostitutes, is structurally similar to the AIDS virus but even more closely connected to a virus that infects certain African monkeys. Says Essex: "We believe...
...Myron E. Essex, who chairs the department of Cancer Biology at the School of Public Health, plans to use his grant to study the role viruses play in naturally occurring cancers. Essex's research includes work on viruses which have been linked to AIDS...
...York City Commissioner of Health David J. Sencer and SPH Chairman of Cancer Biology Myron E. Essex joined Mason in addressing an audience of 350 at the School of Public Health's Health Policy Forum, the largest turnout the Forum has ever attracted...