In the early 1980s Aids erupted onto the world stage as a completely unknown disease shrouded in absolute mystery. When Dr. Michael Gottlieb first noticed the syndrome at Harbor-UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, California, and reported it to the US Center for Disease Control in June 1981, numerous questions begged to be answered. What kind of infectious agent caused this emerging disease? Where did it come from? How widespread was it? Would everyone who was infected die, or only a small percentage? How was it spread? How could this multifaceted, most complex of diseases be treated? And how did whatever caused this mysterious syndrome actually force the decline in CD4 white blood-cell count that results in chronic immune system depression? Over the past three decades, thousands of scientists labored diligently to gradually untangle the enigma of HIV/Aids. They answered all these questions. All except one. Researchers soon determined that Aids is caused by a virus that after some debat...