Laughing last: Marc Girard

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Gerard is one of the world's top experts on AIDS vaccines and chimpanzees. He and colleague Patricia Fultz successfully protected a chimpanzee with an HIV vaccine. Garard and Fultz discovered that the V3 loop raised the levels of antibodies that are critical in fighting HIV.

Author: Cohen, Jon
Girard, Marc

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Flying Dutchman: Jaap Goudsmit

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Goudsmit in a virologist from Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for his work on the structure and function of the the V3 loop, which comprises a portion of the protein that is attached to the HIV virus. His research efforts are briefly discussed.

Author: Cohen, Jon
Goudsmit, Jaap

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Baltimore to head new vaccine panel

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Retrovirologist David Baltimore will head an NIH Office of AIDS Research panel that will coordinate research on AIDS vaccine development. A review of NIH research on AIDS recommended restructuring the entire AIDS vaccine research program.

Author: Cohen, Jon
Appointments, resignations and dismissals, United States. National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, David

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Subjects list: Research, HIV (Viruses), HIV, AIDS vaccines
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