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'''Peter Duesberg''' (b. 1936 in [[Germany]]) is a molecular biologist.  His talent and its results in respected accomplishments are reflected in his election to the American [[National Academy of Science]] in 1975. His 1987 paper "Retroviruses as Carcinogens and Pathogens: Expectations and Reality" argued that a lymphotropic retrovirus could be used as an indicator of AIDS infection but was not potent enough to be the primary cause of the disease.<ref>*[http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/5/1199 "Retroviruses as Carcinogens and Pathogens: Expectations and Reality"] </ref> In 1997 he wrote a science book suitable for a wide audience entitled 'Inventing the AIDS Virus'' in which "Duesberg argues that HIV is merely a harmless passenger virus that does not cause AIDS."<ref> Book cover matter</ref>

'''Peter Duesberg''' (b. 1936 in [[Germany]]) is a molecular biologist.  His talent and its results in respected accomplishments are reflected in his election to the American [[National Academy of Science]] in 1986 for his work on [[retrovirus]]es. His 1987 paper "Retroviruses as Carcinogens and Pathogens: Expectations and Reality" argued that a lymphotropic retrovirus could be used as an indicator of AIDS infection but was not potent enough to be the primary cause of the disease.<ref>*[http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/5/1199 "Retroviruses as Carcinogens and Pathogens: Expectations and Reality"] </ref> In 1997 he wrote a science book suitable for a wide audience entitled 'Inventing the AIDS Virus'' in which "Duesberg argues that HIV is merely a harmless passenger virus that does not cause AIDS."<ref> Book cover matter</ref>

{{quotation|Peter Duesberg is a man of extraordinary energy, unusual honesty, enormous sense of humour, and a rare critical sense. --[[Paul Gallo]] [http://www.duesberg.com/about/pdintroduction.html]}}

{{quotation|Peter Duesberg is a man of extraordinary energy, unusual honesty, enormous sense of humour, and a rare critical sense. --[[Paul Gallo]] [http://www.duesberg.com/about/pdintroduction.html]}}

*[http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/5/1199 "Retroviruses as Carcinogens and Pathogens: Expectations and Reality"] (widely read 1987 paper by Duesberg)

*[http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/5/1199 "Retroviruses as Carcinogens and Pathogens: Expectations and Reality"] (widely read 1987 paper by Duesberg)

*His [http://books.google.com/books?id=pRWVZJKO0NsC ''Inventing the AIDS Virus''] with contributor Kary Mullis, Regnery Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0895263998, 722 pages

*His [http://books.google.com/books?id=pRWVZJKO0NsC ''Inventing the AIDS Virus''] with contributor Kary Mullis, Regnery Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0895263998, 722 pages

[[Category:Biology]]

[[Category:Biology]]