"Former US President Bill Clinton has unveiled a major deal with two Indian drugs companies to provide cheaper HIV/Aids drugs to developing nations. The Clinton Foundation's agreement will cut the cost of what are known as second line anti-retrovirals by 25-50%."http://news. ( Read more... )

Endangered monkeys and AIDS research

Jane Goodall is one of the few surviving heroes of my early childhood. I remember watching national geographic specials of her study of the chimpanzees of Gombe. I remember deep sadness at her description of the ravages of polio among the chimps, and her amazing discoveries of chimp tool use and complex ( Read more... )