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Winner of the BioMed Central/Retrovirology award for HTLV-1 research announced

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Charles Bangham, Chairman of Immunology at Imperial College, has been awarded the 2007 BioMed Central/Retrovirology award for HTLV-1 research.  The award recognises outstanding contributions to the field of Human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) research.

Kuan-Teh Jeang, Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology, presented the award to Prof. Bangham at the 13^th International Conference on Human Retrovirology; HTLV and Related Viruses, held in Japan.  As the recipient of the award, Prof Bangham received a cheque for $1000. 

Prof Bangham has co-authored two recent articles in Retrovirology:

• Zidovudine plus lamivudine in Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type-I-associated myelopathy: a randomised trial (Sept 2006)

• Quantification of the virus-host interaction in human T lymphotropic virus I infection (Dec 2005)

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