Science Section II: Names Flashcards
1
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Who is Dr. Grethe Rask?
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- physician
- spent 4 years in Zaire (the Democratic Republic of Congo)
- returned home to Denmark due to illness
- symptoms: fatigue, weight loss, and difficulty breathing
- died of pneumocystis pneumonia on December 12, 1977
2
Q
Who is Randy Shilts?
A
- wrote “And the Band Played On”
- blames the organizations meant to protect public health for allowing the introduction of AIDS in N. Am
3
Q
Who is Luc Montagnier?
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- French virologist
- worked together with Robert Gallo to discover HIV to be the cause of AIDS
- they named HIV
4
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Who is Robert Gallo?
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- American biomedical researcher
- worked together with Luc Montagnier to discover HIV to be the cause of AIDS
- they named HIV
5
Q
Who is Randall L. Tobias?
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- Former US Global AIDS Coordinator
- had gotten publicly tested for HIV in Ethiopia in attempt to reduce the stigma of being tested
6
Q
Who is Timothy Ray Brown?
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- only person to have ever been cured of HIV
- lived with HIV for 11 years
- developed acute myeloid leukimia
- chemo failed, so, he received several bone marrow transplants and had to stop taking his ARV’s
- why he was cured (potentially):
- chemo wiped his immune system free of HIV
- Gero Hutter made him resistent
7
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Who is Gerro Hutter?
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- Timothy Ray Brown’s oncologist
- some accredit him for curing TRB of his HIV
- chose a bone marrow for TRB’s surgery from a donor who had a rare mutation that made him immune to HIV infection
