Word: polio
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...trouble erupts over DDI, Dr. Jonas Salk of polio-vaccine fame has a different idea. He thinks AIDS patients may be able to boost their resistance through injections of his Salk HIV immunogen (which consists of inactivated pieces of the virus). Tests with 90 AIDS volunteers at the University of Southern California's cancer center have shown promise, and Salk hopes for a breakthrough similar to his victory over polio in 1955. Last week the Food and Drug Administration approved nationwide trials of the Salk immunogen...
...AIDS. He theorizes that the volunteers' immune system will develop antibodies that may provide resistance- building injections for AIDS patients, and that this could eventually lead to an AIDS-prevention vaccine. Confident of the low risks, Salk himself plans to participate, just as he did when developing his polio vaccine...