Winter 1999                                         Volume 3, Issue 5

prize winner for her discovery in the 1920s that chromosomal exchange of genetic material occurs), and the women and men of NASA, to name a few, have affected the way we live today.  Technologies such as molecular cloning, the silicon chip, cellular phones, World Wide Web, etc. are taking us into the 21st century and where will technology go from here?

No matter what happens the future is what you make of it.  We at WIHS wish you all the best in this new century and in the next millennium.

istory is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake,  Stephen Dedalus said, famously in James Joyce's book, Ulysses.

The 20th century left us with many images -  good and bad.  We draw strength and gained knowledge from the past 100 years.  Where will the next 100 years take us?  We are currently in the information age.  What will our next step be?

The 20th century left us with a diverse cast of characters that have helped shaped the 20th and beginnings of the 21st century.  People such as Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Jonas Salk, Albert Einstein, Leonor Michaelis & Maud Menten (2 women noted for their work in enymology), Eleanor Roosevelt, Bela Abzug, Betty Friedan, Margaret Sanger ("mother" of birth control in the US), Barbara McClintock (Nobel

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  21st Century   page 1
  Staff Comings and Goings   page 2
  CAB Corner   page 2
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and HIV--A Brief Overview   page 3
  A Note from the NCAB  page 6
  WIHS NCAB Meeting  page 6
  Women's HIV Conference  page 8