Stories by Robert C. Gallo

In their first collaborative article the investigators who discovered HIV introduce a single-topic issue on AIDS. They recount the discovery and offer prospects for vaccine, for therapy and for the epidemic

Part II of a two-part article on the human retroviruses. In 1984 the cause of AIDS was shown to be the third human retrovirus. Although knowledge of the virus was rapidly obtained, its toll will be heavy

Part I of a two-part article on the human retroviruses. The first example, found in 1978, causes a rare leukemia. Its discovery laid the groundwork for identifying the related virus that causes AIDS