What if scientists discovered a drug or nutritional supplement that worked excellently against HIV, and most other viruses - but no one knew about it? That has happened more than once.             If a researcher makes a scientific discovery and does not publish a scientific journal article explaining their findings, did they really discover anything at all? Or, if it was a highly significant breakthrough, and they did not publish a paper about it, did they try to cover it up for some reason? Two quick examples.             The first entails research conducted at the Community Research Initiative on AIDS – CRIA – New York in 1989 and 1990. CRIA conducted a laboratory test of a type of aspirin called asacol or 5-ASA. It showed that asacol by itself was about 65% as effective in reducing HIV viral replication as AZT, the first HIV drug. Then CRIA conducted a small clini...