Kong Yuncheung, a professor of biochemistry at the chinese University of Hong Kong has been studying swiftlet nests. Although he has speculated that there is some ingredient in the nests which may be able to prevent or cure AIDS, he is strongly opposed to the eating of the nests.
研究燕窩的香港中文大學生化系講座教授江潤祥，雖提出燕窩中某種成分可能預防與治療愛滋病的說法，但他卻反對人們吃燕窩。