This was a great book detailing the people behind the big and small advancements in the fight against HIV/AIDS but also the bigotry and hatred of those demographics that are most affected by the virus/disease. Dr. Saag takes on his early life which the reader finds his motivation to go into a branch of science-medical research that was the wild west days in the laboratory and massive death on the streets. Dr. Saag never loses his humanity and his capacity to grieve alongside his patients and patients' loved ones while still adhering and enforcing tough standards in his laboratory and studies so that the research could lead to improvements in real people's lives - this really shined when he talked about how drugs (which we now take for granted in stopping the spread and suppressing the virus in individuals) were developed.

Highly recommend for both the humanity and the science.