From Oil to Medicine: China Gains
-By Dr. Kambiz Shekdar, PhD With Chinese spy balloons over American skies as the backdrop, China is winning ground over American national and […]
From Oil to Medicine
By Dr. Kambiz Shekdar, PhD As a Rockefeller University trained bioscientist and the WestView News Science Editor, I have the privilege […]
The Slap that Cured the World: “It’s About Love”
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Will Smith’s slap at the Oscars is said to have been heard around the world. We’re not advocating that anyone slap […]
PRIDE Post-Quarantine
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. In 2020 and 2021, New York City celebrated “Pride-in-Quarantine.” This year, Pride will be back on the streets of the West […]
John Rockefeller Joins Non-Profit to Cure AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. On April 22, 2022, epidemiologist John Rockefeller was announced as the latest director to join the board of Research Foundation to […]
World’s Third AIDS Patient Cured
What Does it Mean for a Global Cure? By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Within the research community, the Holy Grail to cure AIDS had been to […]
If Anyone Can Put an AIDS Cure Together, it Will Be You!!
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. That is what my doctoral thesis advisor, Nobel-laureate Gunter Blobel, MD, PhD told me, and now I say the same to […]
NYC DJ Brenda Black Interviews AIDS Cure Researcher
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Biology, maybe more than the other sciences, is a lot like cooking, but not many people know that. I was happily […]
Possible Roadmap to Block a Cure for AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. According to the group US Inventor, large companies can use the Patent Trial Appeals Group (PTAB) process to challenge innovations that […]
LGBTQ+ Monthly Q&A
By Research Foundation to Cure AIDS President Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Follow us on Instagram @OpinionatedQ, @westviewnews & @RFTcureaids OpinionatedQ: “Give Us a Tip; How Can […]
COVID Handed New York City a Golden Biotechnology Opportunity
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. We’ve all heard how COVID has emptied office towers, how CEOs are struggling to bring employees back to the office, and […]
A Big Thank You to Morrison & Foerster!
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. An estimated 38 million individuals are currently living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. There exist two individuals who have recently been cured of […]
LGBTQ+ Monthly Q&A
By Research Foundation to Cure AIDS President Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. OpinionatedQ: “Who Are You and What do you Contribute to the LGBTQ+ Community?” […]
Bruce and Suzanne Poli: Longtime LGBTQ+ Allies of Unity During Pride
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Bruce and Suzanne’s lives revolve around civil rights and communication. This ally couple has a role in almost everything Pride-related in […]
LGBTQ+ Community at Inflection Point
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. The gay pride parade held in major cities from Paris to London to New York on the same day in LGBT […]
What Makes HIV+ Gay Men Open or Private About Their Status?
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Each person’s medical history is personal and private. At the same time, it’s always patients who charge the leading edge of […]
Fauci’s Division at NIH Accepts Grant Applications to Cure HIV/AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Fifty percent of people living with HIV/AIDS have HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Today’s powerful anti-HIV drugs do not eliminate HIV-associated mental […]
The Role of a Community Newspaper in Curing AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Library Journal referred to Harvard’s Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide as “the journal of record for LGBT issues.” Larry Kramer called […]