Robert Gallo
Biography: Robert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 23, 1937
Deathday: N/A
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The Genius and the Boys
2009-06-01
The Genius and the Boys
Overview: D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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The Other Side of AIDS
2004-10-10
The Other Side of AIDS
Overview: The Other Side of AIDS takes us behind the hype and headlines and into the heart of a brewing controversy over the cause and treatment of AIDS. Through candid interviews with doctors and scientists representing both sides of the issue and HIV positives on and off the drugs, the film opens minds and much-needed dialogue. Informative without being instructive, it raises fundamental questions about what we think we know. Its surprising and sometimes shocking revelations inspire us to take a closer look at HIV and AIDS and the systems that support our current views.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-10
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HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children
2016-06-18
HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children
Overview: A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus — to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, he came to prevent pandemic flu, develop the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and invent the first-ever vaccine against human cancer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-18
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Geniet och pojkarna
2009-11-20
Geniet och pojkarna
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-11-20
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