For a few weeks a poster saying: “We’re forgetting AIDS” was prominently placed in our Woking train station. Similar to Cancer Research UK’s anti-smoking campaign, the focus of this current drive of The Foundation for AIDS Research Education and Information is on disease prevention.
Nature Protocols has recently published two protocols that would be useful in research relating to HIV, one of which is currently featured on our homepage (and therefore open access!) showing that we have definitely not forgotten about it.
This is:
Isolation and propagation of HIV-1 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the group of Neeltje Kootstra.
The other is for the tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay for the detection of HIV replication inhibitors developed by Erik De Clercq.
This interview with Prof. de Clercq from 1997 might be of interest from a historical perspective…:
Searching for Synergy: An Interview with Erik De Clercq