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Tells the story of the search for an AIDs vaccine by following scientists, business executives, and military officers whose lives become intertwined in the complex quest.
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A journalist who has written widely about medical research, Thomas recounts how the search for an AIDS vaccine has taken a back seat to the search by major pharmaceutical companies for expensive drugs to kill the virus. She found social attitudes towards the disease, careerism and timidity among bureaucrats, and corporate anxieties about profits and liability to be primary roadblocks to research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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