Summary of Kent Heckenlively & Judy Mikovitz's Plague

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Dr. Robert Gallo was the keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on HHV-6 and -7, which was dedicated to the human herpes virus 6. Many Americans still believe he is the scientist who discovered the HIV virus, which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.#2 John Crewdson, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, was among the first to criticize Gallo s claims about the HIV virus. He investigated many of Gallo s claims about his role in the discovery of the virus, and concluded that the lab had benefited from the resulting test.#3 The investigation of high-profile science exposed the pitfalls of money, ambition, and controversy. It showed that politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers, and marketers get too close to science.#4 Gallo had pushed the science further, demonstrating that the HIV virus caused AIDS, using a technique developed in his lab by Frank Ruscetti for growing T-cells. He had also been among the few who took the renegade position that a retrovirus could cause human cancer.