By: Pod Mirror
medical podcast
A Black doctor, a potential cure for AIDS, and the quest to find out what happened to it.
Gary Davis, an Ivy League trained Black physician from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had one passion: to find a cure for AIDS.
Dr Gary Davis started his research in the early 90s, working with goats to tap into their strong immune response to the HIV virus.
Davis brought his research to the FDA to start a clinical trial — but just hours before it was supposed to start — his trial was shut down.
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Davis eventually took his work abroad, chasing a way to develop this cure, conducting human trials in Africa, forging alliances with international investors, celebrities, sports stars, cult leaders and even dangerous men
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