Comments on: Robert Gallo on No Nobel: Don’t Cry for Me, Karolinska http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/10/06/robert-gallo-on-no-nobel-don%e2%80%99t-cry-for-me-karolinska/ The Business of Pharmaceuticals Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:20 -0500 hourly 1 By: kanwal http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/10/06/robert-gallo-on-no-nobel-don%e2%80%99t-cry-for-me-karolinska/comment-page-1/#comment-19661 kanwal Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:31:10 +0000 http://blog.pharmexec.com/?p=282#comment-19661 hey. it was not science by Gallo. its a serious scientific misconduct to mix samples and report them!! and then get unimagineably rewarding patent for the blood test, although the Gallo lab applied for the patents many months later than the French lab, they still got the patent first. Nobel commitee decided the right thing. He was in no way the first discoverer. and the discovery of interleukin does nt deserve the Nobel for discovering AIDS virus: All Nobels are the final peice of evidence in a series of scientific solutions towards a great scientific problem. French did that. hey. it was not science by Gallo. its a serious scientific misconduct to mix samples and report them!! and then get unimagineably rewarding patent for the blood test, although the Gallo lab applied for the patents many months later than the French lab, they still got the patent first.
Nobel commitee decided the right thing. He was in no way the first discoverer. and the discovery of interleukin does nt deserve the Nobel for discovering AIDS virus: All Nobels are the final peice of evidence in a series of scientific solutions towards a great scientific problem. French did that.

]]> By: Ben Gorman http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/10/06/robert-gallo-on-no-nobel-don%e2%80%99t-cry-for-me-karolinska/comment-page-1/#comment-16309 Ben Gorman Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:43:59 +0000 http://blog.pharmexec.com/?p=282#comment-16309 Gallo was a crook, who stole the virus from Montagnier, ran to the patent office to make millions off a bogus antibody test. Everyone knows this. Gallo was a crook, who stole the virus from Montagnier, ran to the patent office to make millions off a bogus antibody test.

Everyone knows this.

]]> By: Antonio Toniolo http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/10/06/robert-gallo-on-no-nobel-don%e2%80%99t-cry-for-me-karolinska/comment-page-1/#comment-16285 Antonio Toniolo Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:31:59 +0000 http://blog.pharmexec.com/?p=282#comment-16285 Discovery of interleukin-2 as a growth factor for T lymphocytes should have been recognized as the basis for detecting the TWO human retroviruses: one tumorigenic (HTLV), the other lympholytic (HIV). The seminal discovery of the growth factor and methods for growing human T cells in vitro was made by Robert Gallo's group in the late seventies and was the essential pre-requisite for isolating both viruses. Thus the Karolinska failed to do the right job with medical science this year and seems to continue being more and more politically oriented. Discovery of interleukin-2 as a growth factor for T lymphocytes should have been recognized as the basis for detecting the TWO human retroviruses: one tumorigenic (HTLV), the other lympholytic (HIV). The seminal discovery of the growth factor and methods for growing human T cells in vitro was made by Robert Gallo’s group in the late seventies and was the essential pre-requisite for isolating both viruses. Thus the Karolinska failed to do the right job with medical science this year and seems to continue being more and more politically oriented.

]]> By: mk http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/10/06/robert-gallo-on-no-nobel-don%e2%80%99t-cry-for-me-karolinska/comment-page-1/#comment-15992 mk Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:47:03 +0000 http://blog.pharmexec.com/?p=282#comment-15992 discovery of the htlv-1 should be more evaluated. discovery of the htlv-1 should be more evaluated.

]]> By: Jack http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/10/06/robert-gallo-on-no-nobel-don%e2%80%99t-cry-for-me-karolinska/comment-page-1/#comment-15930 Jack Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:47:09 +0000 http://blog.pharmexec.com/?p=282#comment-15930 Despite missing out on what is considerably the recognition of a lifetime, Gallo responded with grace. That in itself is a priceless lesson for many of us. Despite missing out on what is considerably the recognition of a lifetime, Gallo responded with grace. That in itself is a priceless lesson for many of us.

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