Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
Anthony Stephen "Tony" Fauciis an American immunologist who has made substantial contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth24 December 1940
CountryUnited States of America
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Although it is still important to develop an HIV vaccine, we have significant tools already at our disposal that can make a major impact on the trajectory of this epidemic.
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I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.
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It is an indescribable experience knowing that what you are doing will have an impact on the lives... of millions of people.
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The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.
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The AIDS epidemic is one of the greatest challenges to our society today. It is a fight that we cannot afford to lose.
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Even in individuals in which we diminished the pool of the reservoir, the hidden reservoir, to levels that were essentially non-detectable ... the virus came right back within two to three weeks in essentially everyone.
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You have to prepare for the worst, but it's entirely conceivable that we could have a moderate one. You have to prepare for a horrendous problem, but the general public shouldn't assume that we're going to see the worst case.
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What this paper shows is you can make a vaccine against bird flu. It also points out a lot of weaknesses in the system. It's an important wake-up call.
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This disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS makes it imperative to increase awareness and mobilize Black communities to get involved in the struggle against this disease.
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The older you get, the greater the probability that you would not only have serious complications, but you would actually die,
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That's why we are preparing so intensely for H5N1 as well as any other pandemic,
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The models show that if you combine well-directed, targeted treatment with some social interventions like closing schools, ideally together with some vaccination, it's conceivable you'd be able to stop the epidemic.
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If we could identify what that factor is -- and there's no guarantee we will, but if we can -- then one could direct your vaccine to elicit a response of that particular factor that is protecting them.
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Many vaccines in use today resulted from both government-sponsored and private research.