Subject: Letters to the Editor:  Masters & Johnson Affirm AIDS Reports
Date: Published: 4/5/88 38 lines
Source:  WALL STREET JOURNAL. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

   Letters to the Editor:  
   Masters & Johnson
   Affirm AIDs Reports

   In your March 14 news article ("Masters Developing AIDS
Product for Problem He Warns Of in Book"), you suggest that
our publication of a book warning of the reality of infection
with the AIDS virus among heterosexuals was improper because
Dr. Masters was simultaneously seeking to raise funds for
research on a possible means of preventing heterosexual
transmission of the virus.  Certain facts that the article did
not note might be of interest to your readers.
   First, Dr. Masters presented his research ideas at two
scientific meetings, one held in December at the Kinsey
Institute, and the other at a conference at the National
Institutes of Health in January.  Certainly if Dr. Masters had
been motivated by any thought of personal financial gain, he
would not have outlined his proposal in this manner and
invited any interested scientists to pursue his plan on their
own.
   Second, even if funding is obtained to conduct this
research and it eventually leads to a commercial product, any
royalties would go to the Masters & Johnson Institute, which
is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt public foundation.
   William H. Masters M. D. 
   Virginia E. Johnson
   Robert C. Kolodny M. D. 
   St. Louis

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