In 1983, UCSF’s Jay Levy, MD, co-discovered HIV. Today, 29 years later, on the eve of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., he reflects on the state of the research field. The physician-scientist, who’s now exploring stem cell approaches to fighting the disease, said,
“When they asked me 20 years ago where are we in our knowledge of the immune system, I said: ‘2nd grade. Perhaps now we’re in 5th grade — we’ve got a lot to do.”
