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Line 1: − + − − {{quotation|Duesberg has challenged the virus-AIDS hypothesis in the pages of such journals as Cancer Research, Lancet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Nature, Journal of AIDS, AIDS Forschung, Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapeutics, New England Journal of Medicine and Research in Immunology. He has instead proposed the hypothesis that the various American/European AIDS diseases are brought on by the long-term consumption of recreational drugs and/or AZT itself, which is prescribed to prevent or treat AIDS. <ref>http://www.duesberg.com/</ref>}} − − Duesberg's theories are not widely accepted by the scientific communities. In 1994 Jon Cohen conducted a review for Science magazine in which he interviewed researchers on both sides of the issue and analysed Duesberg's publications. He concluded that − {{quotation|...although the Berkeley virologist raises provocative questions, few researchers find his basic contention that HIV is not the cause of AIDS persuasive. Mainstream AIDS researchers argue that Duesberg’s arguments are constructed by selective reading of the scientific literature, dismissing evidence that contradicts his theses, requiring impossibly definitive proof, and dismissing outright studies marked by inconsequential weaknesses<ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/sci;266/5191/1642?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Peter+Duesberg&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT.pdf</ref>.}}
Scientific controversy over the cause of AIDS (view source)
Revision as of 22:52, January 7, 2009
, 22:52, January 7, 2009delete P.D. stuff as non-scientific
The '''scientific controversy over the cause of AIDS''' largely hinges on whether [[HIV]] is the cause. In the 1990s, some doctors published research calling into question Dr. [[Gallo]]'s hypothesis. An alternative hypothesis is [[cell stress]].
The '''scientific controversy over the cause of AIDS''' largely hinges on whether [[HIV]] is the cause. In the 1990s, some doctors published research calling into question Dr. [[Gallo]]'s hypothesis.
==View that the cause is HIV==
==View that the cause is HIV==