Flossie Wong-Staal: Biologist and major figure in HIV research
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Dr Flossie Wong-Staal, who has died aged 73, was a virologist, molecular biologist and a major figure in the discovery of the HIV viruses, which cause Aids. Uniquely positioned to carry out research on HIV and Aids, Wong-Staal, Gallo and their team had been working on the human T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma virus, the first retrovirus identified in humans, and one of the causes of leukaemia. Wong-Staal was successfully able to create a “molecular clone”, a copy which helped her team and other HIV researchers to understand the chemical structure of the virus and test for its presence.
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