To mark World AIDS Day -- and the approaching 20th anniversary of the discovery of a link between the HIV virus and AIDS -- the 29 November 2002 issue of Science offers four special Viewpoint essays by key players in the early quest to isolate the AIDS pathogen. To provide additional context regarding that early effort, and the substantial controversy it stoked, we are posting here PDF versions of seven Science news articles, with dates ranging from 1983 to 2002, that help trace out the story of the early discovery of HIV and the subsequent dispute among that story's protagonists. These historical articles are free to all Science Online visitors.

Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Linked to AIDS [1.1 MB]
Jean L. Marx
Science 220, 806 (1983)

Inside the Gallo Probe [1.3 MB]
Barbara J. Culliton
Science 248, 1494 (1990)

The Untold Story of HUT78 [2.3 MB]
Ellis Rubenstein
Science 248, 1499 (1990)

Which Patient Did Gallo's Virus Come From? [0.4 MB]
Barbara J. Culliton
Science 250, 368 (1990)

HHS: Gallo Guilty of Misconduct [0.9 MB]
Jon Cohen
Science 259, 168 (1993)

The Changing of the Guard [1.2 MB]
[includes sidebar: The Rebirth of Robert Gallo]
Jon Cohen
Science 272, 1876 (1996)

Longtime Rivalry Ends in Collaboration [0.2 MB]
Jon Cohen
Science 295, 1441 (2002)

Note: The files from 1996 and earlier that are included here are from the Science Magazine archive developed by JSTOR, and are reposted here by agreement with JSTOR.