Word: scientists
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...ignored the gibes and in 1982 landed in Martin Hirsch's virology laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A prominent scientist in his own right, Hirsch is known for cultivating talented young researchers...
...wasn't the only scientist who had observed this. Another team, headed by George Shaw, had seen the same spike in HIV particles followed by a precipitous drop. The two researchers learned of each other's work and decided to co-publish their findings in a 1991 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. It was the beginning of a friendly but no less keen competition between the scientists...
...AIDS research center in New York City and had chosen Ho as its director. He was 37 years old. "I took a bit of flak because everybody said, 'He's so young, he's unknown.'" she recalls. "I said, 'I don't want a star, I want a wonderful scientist.'" For his part, Ho considered the benefits of having more lab space and secure financial backing. "It was still a risky venture," he remembers. "Marty Hirsch said, 'You're crazy. This is New York City. The politics will eat you up.'" But for Ho, the chance to do what...
Famous for his temper and contempt for authority, Dr. Gallo has weathered his share of scientific catfights. A brilliant scientist, he is the author or co-author of more than 1,000 scientific papers and one of the world's most frequently cited researchers. In the 1970s, while at the National Cancer Institute, he discovered the immune-boosting molecule interleukin-2 and isolated the first cancer-causing retroviruses in humans...
...gives us a chance to step back from the weekly surge of events and put the year in perspective. This year brought us a national election, but it also brought a medical breakthrough not nearly so well publicized: a significant advance in the battle against AIDS, pioneered by a scientist named David Ho. Says managing editor Walter Isaacson: "Dr. Ho did not make the most headlines, but he helped make history. We'll look back on 1996 as the year when we finally made progress against a plague that has been frightening the world for more than a decade...