Rage and confusion hide role of HIV

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Peter Duesberg argued ineffectively against the view that the HIV virus causes AIDS. Duesberg, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke at a conference called 'AIDS: A Different View,' aimed at presenting alternative opinions on AIDS. Duesberg contends that recreational drug use is the true cause of AIDS, but his case against HIV as the cause was circumstantial and unconvincing even to most of his supporters in the audience. Other conference speakers presented less extreme views of AIDS, such as the idea HIV may be only a co-factor in the disease.

Officials and employees, Causes of, HIV (Viruses), HIV, AIDS (Disease), University of California, Berkeley

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Alex Todd: 1907-97

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Alexander Robertus Todd was a Nobel prizewinner who was known for his research on nucleic acids and synthetic organic chemistry. Todd served as head of the chemistry department of the University of Manchester where he conducted his research on purines and pyrimidines which earned him a Nobel prize in 1957. He also served as chairman of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy from 1952 to 1964. He died in Cambridge, England at the age of 89 on Jan. 10, 1997.

Obituary, Chemists, Nobel laureates, Todd, Alexander R.

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Celebration of QED's half-century

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Quantum electrodynamics (QED) has undergone various changes since its origin in 1945, as reflected by insightful books including Dirac's 'The Principles of Quantum Mechanics' and Silvan Schweber's 'QED and the Men who Made It.' Schweber provides a scrapbook on the fascinating happenings in theoretical physics, highlighting the laudable contributions of the physicists toward the understanding of QED.

History, Quantum electrodynamics

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