The Globe Digest #44: How HIV research has reshaped modern medicine

Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease and yielded insights into immunity, vaccines, and more.

In 1981, fresh out of medical school, physician-scientist Bruce Walker began his internship at Massachusetts General Hospital. One day, a young patient showed up with an unusual cluster of infections and cancers. Baffled and powerless to treat him, Walker and his colleagues could only watch as the patient quickly succumbed to the mysterious condition. 

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/11/how-hiv-research-has-reshaped-modern-medicine/