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...record time, the coup was hailed as a milestone in medical history. And it was indeed a remarkable sign of how far medical research has come. But discovery often leads to greater uncertainty. "There aren't a lot of infectious diseases like this," says Dr. Ian Lipkin, a virologist at Columbia University. "This is a new virus we haven't encountered before, and we still don't understand a lot about its behavior." Scientists will eventually unravel much of this mystery. They just need more time. Here's hoping they can move as fast as the disease itself...
...Malaysia four years ago. On March 21, WHO announced that intensive efforts among 11 laboratories had produced the first potential diagnostic test for SARS, which up until now could be identified only by its symptoms. "This is not just some light at the end of the tunnel," says WHO virologist Dr. Klaus St?hr, WHO is coordinating the laboratories' efforts. "This is a real ray of sunshine...
...Aedes aegypti mosquito, whose bite is the main way the virus can spread. Aedes aegypti are right at home in tropical cities rife with stagnant water and human targets. "Once a dengue epidemic is under way, it's very difficult to stop it," says Dr. Ray Arthur, a virologist for the who. No vaccine exists...
...Internet designer --Rachel Carson, environmentalist --Albert Einstein, physicist --Philo Farnsworth, inventor of electronic television --Enrico Fermi, atomic physicist --Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist --Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst --Robert Goddard, rocket scientist --Kurt Godel, mathematician --Edwin Hubble, astronomer --John Maynard Keynes, economist --The Leakey Family, anthropologists --Jean Piaget, child psychologist --Jonas Salk, virologist --William Shockley, solid-state physicist --Alan Turing, computer scientist --James Watson & Francis Crick, molecular biologists --Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher --The Wright Brothers, visionary aviators...
...virologist Jonas Salk develops the first effective polio vaccine...