A Shot to Save the World (Lead Title)

Book overview In the eyes of the world, efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine were a failure, as there is still no cure today.

The companies involved saw their fortunes fall as quickly as they had risen.

Under the radar, however, infectious disease scientists were learning how to isolate neutralising antibodies, how to conduct trials during international crises, and how to understand the human immune system.

These lessons would prove crucial almost forty years later, when another epidemic would spark another race to find a vaccine.