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By John Crewdson. 670 pp., illustrated. Boston, Little, Brown, 2002. $27.95. ISBN 0-316-13476-7.

A Nobel prize has yet to be awarded for the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or for the blood test to detect antibodies to the virus. Although the actual reasons are not known, it is widely speculated that the Nobel committee for medicine wants to stay away from the harsh battle over credit for the discovery between Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute and Luc Montagnier of the Institut Pasteur in Paris.

Gallo is one of the most famous scientists in the world, although he is in the spotlight less frequently now than a decade ago. John . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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