The international AIDS community is reeling from the loss of many as 100 researchers who died when Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. They were en route to an AIDS conference that is about to begin in Australia. Among the dead, a leader in AIDS research, Dr. Joep Lange.
Dr. Joup Lange changed the world’s view on who should receive medications to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. He was en route to Melbourne, Australia, to participate in the International AIDS Conference which begins on Sunday.
Dr. Clifford Lane, from the National Institutes of Health, told VOA …read more
Source: Voice of America