China's first international HIV vaccine meeting: the war of the roses

Article Abstract:

Issues discussed concern reports from China's first International AIDS Vaccine Workshop in 1999. Topics addressed include the state of AIDS research in China, the political aspects of developing HIV/AIDS vaccines, and the management of China's National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control.

China, Science and technology policy, AIDS vaccines

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Fate of 'Montagnier center' to be decided

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A panel of 3 scientists, none of them an HIV researcher, will determine whether the AIDS research center operated by Luc Montagnier in New York City will stay open. The strongest possibility is for the center to be absorbed into a consortium of 9 research centers run by the City College of New York.

New York, Montagnier, Luc

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PACHA adopts more lenient stance to government efforts

Article Abstract:

The President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) has fewer reasons to criticize the government's response to the AIDS crisis. Congress has funded an HIV research program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the NIH has created the Vaccine Research Center, currently located at the University of Michigan.

Analysis, Medical policy, Health policy

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