AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Issue #235, November 17, 1995
John S. James
Any such cooperation will be important for AIDS research. For example, China has sent several research teams to Tanzania, and working with local experts, they have developed formulas of traditional Chinese herbs for use in AIDS treatment. But this work is largely unknown in the U.S.
The proposal calls for research to take place in the existing acupuncture clinics in the San Francisco area, with the aid of U.S. academic researchers. According to organizer George Wedemeyer, "Shen Zhi Xiang, M.D., Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Peoples' Republic of China, has formally proposed that the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and the prestigious China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, work together on such a research center. UCSF doctors have already volunteered to help."
On October 2 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution supporting the project; and letters of support have come from a number of community organizations, including the AIDS & Chinese Medicine Institute, the Asian AIDS Project, the Immune Enhancement Project, the Filipino Task Force on AIDS, the Living Well Project, and ACT UP/Golden Gate. Wedemeyer particularly credits San Francisco supervisors Angela Alioto and Tom Ammiano, and U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi, for being especially helpful.
Wedemeyer also hopes to get White House support, citing the "ping pong diplomacy" precedent of establishing a channel of cooperation between the nations, despite troubles elsewhere in the relationship.
For more information, call George Wedemeyer, 415/661-2080.
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