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Robert Charles Gallo (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː l oʊ /; born March 23, 1937) is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in establishing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.
Co-Founder and Chair of the Scientific Leadership Board of the Global Virus Network. The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) was co-founded and directed by Robert C. Gallo, MD, the eminent scientist who became world famous in 1984 when he co-discovered HIV as the cause of AIDS.
Jun 22, 2022 · Robert Gallo is one of the scientists credited with the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Gallo and his collaborators published their research on the discovery of the HIV virus in early 1984. This was a monumental turning point in a rapidly growing health crisis.
Jul 1, 2024 · Dr. Robert Gallo's journey to discover the secrets of viral illness have led him to the University of South Florida.
Mar 24, 2020 · In the 1980s, a virologist named Dr. Robert Gallo was the head of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
- Dr. Howard Markel
Robert C. Gallo, MD. University of Maryland School of Medicine. Baltimore, Maryland. Class of 2014. Dr. Gallo is most widely known as co-discoverer of HIV, the cause of AIDS and developer of the HIV blood test. Dr. Gallo’s AIDS research aided colleagues in the development of HIV drug therapies.
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Jan 9, 2009 · Gallo definitively proved HIV-1 as the cause of AIDS through the successful isolation and long-term cultivation of HIV-1 and developed a diagnostic kit that prevented new infections and saved thousands of lives.
