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american virology university of california at san diego , itherx 27 august 1947 cloning of hiv thumb flossie wong-staal
 robert gallo flossie wong-staal university of california , los angeles
flossie wong-staal

flossie wong-staal -lrb- 黃以靜 pinyin : huáng yǐ jìng , born august 27 , 1947 -rrb- , born yee ching wong , is a chinese-american virologist and molecular biologist .
she was the first scientist to clone hiv and determine the function of its genes , a major step in proving that hiv is the cause of aids .
from 1990 to 2002 , she held the florence riford chair in aids research at the university of california at san diego -lrb- ucsd -rrb- .
she was co-founder and , after retiring from ucsd , chief scientific officer of immusol , which was renamed itherx pharmaceuticals in 2007 when it transitioned to a drug development company focused on hepatitis c , and where she remains chief scientific officer .
