Book Review Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine By Jon Cohen. 440 pp. New York, W.W. Norton, 2001. $27.95. 0-393-05027-0
- 7 June 2001
- journal article
- book review
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (23) , 1801-1802
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200106073442317
Abstract
In 1984 — 17 years ago — Health and Human Services secretary Margaret Heckler announced that an AIDS vaccine would be ready for testing in 2 years. Since then, nearly 60 million persons worldwide have been infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and only one vaccine, containing the gp120 surface protein of the virus, has made it to a large-scale, phase 3 efficacy field trial. Jon Cohen's book Shots in the Dark explains the reasons for this intolerably slow progress, despite the great advances that have been made in biotechnology, genetics, and immunology.Keywords
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