21 SEPTEMBER 1985, Page 21

Aids

Sir: In all the clamour about Aids, the virus responsible for this dreadful disease, may, suitably modified and attenuated, prove to be the most effective immunosuppressant know to man and significantly benefit those in need of heart and kidney trans- plants.

W. F. W. E. Logan

Consultant cardiologist, 17 Links Gate, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire