Royal Society Archives HIV Aids and Virus growth on Ape's kidneys

The 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to John Franklin Enders and his junior associates Thomas Huckle Weller and Frederick Chapman Robbins "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue. The possible connections of early experiments on animal tissue in Africa (human and veterinary) with the later spread of HIV AIDS was drawn by Edward Hooper in his book 'The River' Should such a connection exist the consequences would of course be incalculable, particularly the question of potential damages and the financial future of the vast drugs industry. The assertions in the book were ruled implausible at a meeting of The Royal Society, which organisation has today made its archives available free online until December. The so-called 'smoking guns' provided by Mr Hooper were further investigated after the debate and again his arguments were found wanting. The five page paper may be read from this link to the pdf file archived document. Other links on the subject from The Royal Society may be found on the page linked here.