Immunologist Is Named to Head AIDS Research Programs
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
A prominent immunologist was named Wednesday to head the AIDS research programs at the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. William Paul, best known for his discovery of a key immune system molecule that is attacked by the AIDS virus, will head the NIH’s Office of AIDS Research. He was named to the post by Dr. Harold Varmus, the director of the NIH.
Congress, under pressure from AIDS activists, last spring reorganized the office, giving it more personnel and power to direct federally funded research into the viral plague.
