In the summer of 1981, Fauci read reports in the "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" about seriously ill gay men who had developed conditions that had only been seen in patients with compromised immune systems. While Fauci’s mentors and colleagues discouraged him from turning his attention to the novel virus that would come to be known as HIV, he has publicly said that he couldn't walk away. He took the helm of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984 and incorporated the science of the virus into…