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Harvard billed this as the best thing since the polio vaccine. And money-wise, before the recent obstacles, it promised to be a great deal. Engineered by one of Harvard's most brilliant and arrogant administrators, Medical School executive dean David M. Bray, the arrangement called for Harvard to keep...
Lin assisted research on the development of avirus-based HIV vaccine.
Yet the endorsement was hardly ringing, because the early evidence of the vaccine's worth, from tests involving small numbers of patients, was far from compelling. The panel's vote split 6 to 3 in favor of further testing, with one member undecided. "I am not all that excited about...
Unlike traditional vaccines, which are designed to prevent infection, Salk's new treatment is given to people who are already infected with hiv. Once every three months, they receive a shot of vaccine, manufactured by the Immune Response Co. of Carlsbad, California, that is supposed to boost their flagging immune...
Then why did the FDA panel vote for wider testing? Clearly, Salk himself was a big selling point. "He has a reputation among some scientists as a god," says one top AIDS researcher. "He's a powerful advocate, and they find it very hard to turn him down." The committee...