Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.

That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune defense, because there you have a natural defense that takes place everywhere.

My proposal now is to test a vaccine first on people who have been infected, and if you show some efficacy at this level, you might be able to go further to study uninfected people in a population with a high rate of infection.

It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.

Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.

AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.