On 23 April 1984 Dr Robert Gallo celebrated the discovery of the virus that causes Aids with these words: "Today we add another miracle to the honour roll of American science". But then a little known group of French scientists claimed that they had discovered it first. They hired a hot shot New York lawyer and, eight years later, the story looks very different.
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