The world of HIV and Aids research has been rocked by the Malaysia Airlines disaster which claimed the lives of more than 100 leading experts in the field.
Death of scientists 'devastating' to Aids research....
Anthony Hayes, managing director of public affairs and policy for Gay Men's Health Crisis said the impact on research working to end HIV and Aids was profound.
While the medical field mourns the lives of those killed, some experts fear that breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS research will now be hampered by the disaster.
"The amount of knowledge that these people who died on the plane were carrying with them and the experiences they had developed will have a devastating impact on HIV research," Associate Professor Brian Owler, federal president of the Australian Medical Association, told TIME magazine.
