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Biography

Name: Flossie Wong-Staal
Birth Date: 1947
Nationality: Chinese-American
Gender: Female
Occupations: virologist

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Biography of Flossie Wong-Staal
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Wong is considered one of the world's top experts in viruses and a codiscoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, but her interest in science did not come naturally. Born as Yee Ching Wong in communist mainland China, she fled...
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Biography of Flossie Wong-Staal
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Although Flossie Wong-Staal is considered one of the world's top experts in viruses and a codiscoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, her interest in science did not come naturally. Born as Yee Ching Wong in communist...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) Summary
1,149 words, approx. 4 pages
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) belongs to a family of viruses known as the "retroviruses". These viruses are known as RNA viruses because they have RNA as their basic genetic material instead of DNA. The retroviruses are unable to replicate...
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) Summary
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) belongs to a class of viruses known as the retroviruses. These viruses are known as RNA viruses because they have RNA as their basic genetic material instead of DNA. The retroviruses are unable to replicate...
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Hiv Or Human Immunodeficiency Virus : Environmental Health Terms
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A ribonucleic acid (RNA) retro-virus responsible for the condition known as...
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HIV Information
11,090 words, approx. 37 pages
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Previous names for the...
 


News and Journals
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Ralph Fiennes visits India HIV patients
1/31/2007: 332 words, approx. 1 pages
British actor Ralph Fiennes said Wednesday that he was moved by the strength shown by India's HIV infected rural population in the face of severe social ostracism.Fiennes spent the last five days traveling to four villages in the western Indian state of Maharashtra listening to...
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HIV spreading rapidly in Malaysia
2/11/2007: 265 words, approx. 1 pages
The number of HIV infections in Malaysia could surge by more than fourfold to 300,000 by 2015 as the virus spreads rapidly from high-risk groups to the general public, a senior health official warned Sunday.Other than drug addicts, official statistics indicate the HIV virus that...
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Howard: No HIV-positive immigrants
4/13/2007: 493 words, approx. 2 pages
Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that Australia should bar immigrants with HIV, and his government was examining ways to make its tough restrictions even stronger.HIV-AIDS workers accused Howard of xenophobia and promoting the racist belief that immigrants _ particularly Africans _ were responsible for...
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Circumcision is recommended to fight HIV
3/28/2007: 672 words, approx. 2 pages
U.N. health agencies recommended Wednesday that heterosexual men undergo circumcision because of "compelling" evidence that it can reduce their chances of contracting HIV by up to 60 percent.But World Health Organization and UNAIDS experts said men need to be aware that circumcision is only partial...
 


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