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Nature Medicine 12, 982 (2006)
Published online: 30 August 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0906-982b

University shuts down virologist's work on questionable AIDS drug

Natasha Bolognesi1

  1. Cape Town


South African researcher was linked to herbal drug to treat AIDS.


The University of Cape Town in South Africa has set up a committee to assess charges of professional misconduct against virologist Girish Kotwal.The move follows a Nature Medicine article that linked Kotwal with Secomet V, an herbal remedy touted as an HIV/AIDS therapy (Nat. Med. 12, 723–724; 2006