todd@bang.UUCP (10/25/84)
NCI TO TEST DISINFECTANT AGAINST AIDS VIRUS Alcide -- a sterilant and disinfectant used in laboratories against single-cell organisms -- will be tested against suspect AIDS virus HTLV-III, Alcide Corp's. J. Young said 10/23... Recent identification of HTLV-III in saliva of AIDS victims prompted need for effective sterilization tool... Alcide Corp. is working with NCI to identify agents that inactivate the AIDS virus... NCI's R. Gallo -- who first identified HTLV-III -- will oversee the tests. HERPES: Young said Alcide is also testing -- in Europe -- topical application of its disinfectants LD and EXPOR against herpes simplex viruses.