Dr. David Ho's lab pioneered treatment approaches to HIV. Now, his focus is Covid-19, or, more specifically, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
In the early 1990s, he served as director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, which he still leads.
Ho's lab pioneered treatment approaches to HIV. Now, his focus is Covid-19, or, more specifically, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. David Ho, scientific director and chief executive officer of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, speaks at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2013. Photographer: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAs director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City in the early 1990s, Ho's lab pioneered treatment approaches to HIV and he was TIME's Man of the Year for that work in 1996.
He shared his thoughts on some of the most prominent drugs and approaches under consideration for Covid-19 right now."Personally, I think remdesivir is up there for a promising drug," Ho said. Though he noted the data "up to this point, are just case series or anecdotal reports of it being somewhat helpful. I think everyone in the field is waiting for the controlled trials, which will tell us exactly whether it's working or not.
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