Discoveries in the field of disease on HIV / AIDS will have major deficiencies, as in plane crash were 108 experts in the field. Although it is painful loss of any individual, in this case it is even more tragic, because along with, have lost many achievements over the deadly disease.
Boeing 777 plane that arose from Amsterdam Schipol Airport, was flying to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed on the border between Russia and Ukraine, killing 298 passengers. According to the U.S. government and the Australian, the cause of the crash was shot by a rocket land - air. No passenger not survive.
On board the flight MH17 were delegates who will attend the conference to be held on Sunday in Melbourne AIDS 2014. Over 100 passengers was scheduled to participate in this conference, but there is still no official confirmation. However, it is acknowledged that among the passengers was the chairman of the AIDS Society, Joep Lange and his partner ArtAIDS Jackueline van Tongeren.
"Joep had a great devotion to curing HIV AIDS in Africa and Asia," said Institute director Kirby, David A Cooper, in a press conference at the University of Wales.
Lange has worked on HIV AIDS since 1983, the area in which she not only healed the sick, made the research in disease prevention.