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Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. In 1915, the college relocated to metropolitan Atlanta and was rechartered as Emory University. The university is the second-oldest private institution of higher education in Georgia and among the fifty oldest private universities in the United States.
Emory University has nine academic divisions: Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford College, Goizueta Business School, Laney Graduate School, School of Law, School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, and the Candler School of Theology. Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Peking University in Beijing, China jointly administer the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. The university operates the Confucius Institute in Atlanta in partnership with Nanjing University. Emory has a growing faculty research partnership with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Emory University students come from all 50 states, 6 territories of the United States, and over 100 foreign countries.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells.
HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system such as helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells), macrophages, and dendritic cells. HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4+ T cells through a number of mechanisms, including pyroptosis of abortively infected T cells,apoptosis of uninfected bystander cells, direct viral killing of infected cells, and killing of infected CD4+ T cells by CD8 cytotoxic lymphocytes that recognize infected cells. When CD4+ T cell numbers decline below a critical level, cell-mediated immunity is lost, and the body becomes progressively more susceptible to opportunistic infections.
An HIV vaccine is a vaccine which would either protect individuals who do not have HIV from contracting that virus, or otherwise may have a therapeutic effect for persons who have or later contract HIV/AIDS. Currently, there is no effective HIV vaccine but many research projects managing clinical trials seek to create one. There is evidence that a vaccine may be possible. Work with monoclonal antibodies (MAb) has shown or proven that the human body can defend itself against HIV, and certain individuals remain asymptomatic for decades after HIV infection. Potential candidates for antibodies and early stage results from clinical trials have been announced.
One HIV vaccine candidate which showed some efficacy was studied in RV 144, which was a trial in Thailand beginning in 2003 and first reporting a positive result in 2009. Many trials have shown no efficacy, including the STEP study and HVTN 505 trials.
The urgency of the search for a vaccine against HIV stems from the AIDS-related death toll of over 25 million people since 1981. Indeed, in 2002, AIDS became the primary cause of mortality due to an infectious agent in Africa.
Research comprises "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications." It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories. A research project may also be an expansion on past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate elements of prior projects, or the project as a whole. The primary purposes of basic research (as opposed to applied research) are documentation, discovery, interpretation, or the research and development (R&D) of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge. Approaches to research depend on epistemologies, which vary considerably both within and between humanities and sciences. There are several forms of research: scientific, humanities, artistic, economic, social, business, marketing, practitioner research, etc.
In conjunction with Brian Zanoni of Harvard Medical School the Harvard University CFAR presents BASIC Course in HIV. BASIC Course in HIV is a basic but comprehensive course on HIV. Please allow 5 seconds for each video to begin playing.
Researchers believe that they might have a developed a vaccine to treat HIV, but the virus continues to mutate. Will we ever find a cure? Follow Julian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00 Read More: New Approach to Blocking H.I.V. Raises Hopes for an AIDS Vaccine http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/health/new-approach-to-blocking-hiv-raises-talk-of-an-aids-vaccine.html?_r=0 "A new compound has blocked H.I.V. infection so well in monkeys that it may be able to function as a vaccine against AIDS, the scientists who designed it reported Wednesday." HIV vaccine that transforms cell DNA brings fresh hope http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31511244 "A radical new approach to vaccination seems to completely protect monkeys from HIV, US scientists report." Designer protein 'blocks a...
As an international leader in HIV/AIDS vaccine research, Emory University has more than 50 scientists focused on developing an effective vaccine for this challenging disease. Research at the Emory University Center for AIDS Research, the Emory Vaccine Center and its Hope Clinic, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Emory University School of Medicine ranges from basic research in the laboratory to preclinical studies in animals to human clinical trials to a biotech start-up. Background The Emory University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is pleased to serve as local Atlanta host for AIDS Vaccine 2010, sponsored by the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise. (See related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQvdMqgLQf8). AIDS 2010 is scheduled for Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, 2010. This an...
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research | Countdown to a Cure (2016) Learn more: http://www.amfar.org
Fresh optimism has been injected into South Africa's search for a functional cure for HIV/AIDS. A Durban based scientist has been awarded over two and a half million dollars to fund research in this regard. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
In conjunction with Brian Zanoni of Harvard Medical School the Harvard University CFAR presents BASIC Course in HIV. BASIC Course in HIV is a basic but comprehensive course on HIV. Please allow 5 seconds for each video to begin playing.
This webinar was conducted by NIDA's AIDS Research Program Director, Dr. Jacques Normand. The presentation was recorded live and provides NIDA investigators with an overview of the new NIH HIV/AIDS Research Priorities and the new administrative procedures that have been implemented to ensure that AIDS dollars are going to the highest AIDS research priorities. April 2016 Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://newmedia.hhs.gov/standards/comment_policy.html
Fresh optimism has been injected into South Africa's search for a functional cure for HIV/AIDS. A Durban based scientist has been awarded over two and a half million dollars to fund research in this regard For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
History of AIDS Research Alliance Part 1. Visit http://www.aidsresearch.org View all the parts, found below. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbi-Rl9QCc Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SazEyKZ6Jo Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAnrKoDc79c Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj53g6-gGYw
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Watch as Emory's behemoth new boiler is lifted into place by a 550-ton crane, after spending weeks traveling from Canada to Atlanta welded to a train. Five central boilers provide steam for campus heating systems and other key functions. For more information: http://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/er_steam_plant/campus.html
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Based at Emory University Hospital Midtown,TravelWell is a clinic that serves individuals who are traveling internationally (both pre and post-travel), as well as immigrants and refugees. Here TravelWell's medical director Dr. Phyliss Kozarsky outlines some of the key medical issues that are the focus of the clinic. For more info, visit http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/travelwell/ or call 404-686-5885 or 1-800-75-EMORY (toll-free).
Natalie Haynes, writer and critic, gives a talk entitled "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" at Emory University (January 22, 2014). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/EmoryUniversity Follow us on Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/EmoryUniversity Follow us on Google+: http://www.Gplus.to/Emory Emory University students talk about Emory's relationship with Atlanta. There's something for everyone in this big city. Whether it's volunteering, internships or social life, Atlanta's got it and Emory helps you get there.
A video showcasing the work that the Emory University Coursera team produced during 2014. The Coursera team is part of Academic Technology Services within Libraries and Information Technology.
Come take a tour of Holmes Hall! This first-year residence hall houses 125 students and is the home of the Creativity & Innovation living-learning community. For more information about housing at Emory, visit www.emory.edu/HOUSING or email housing@emory.edu. Music: Open Those Bright Eyes / Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Emory University’s Sanford S. Atwood Chemistry Center addition officially opens on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, with a smoking-hot ribbon immolation. In the spirit of the innovative space, designed to foster a new era in science research and education, the ceremonial ribbon was not merely cut with scissors: It was severed by 3,000 degrees of molten iron in a fiery thermite reaction. The immolation was performed by Doug Mulford, director of undergraduate education for the department of chemistry. You can read more about the new Chemistry Center and Emory’s Science Commons here: http://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/09/er_chemistry_center_grand_opening/campus.html
Our Story In 1999 - concerned over the declining state of Emory Village - a small group of Druid Hills Civic Association (DHCA) members, neighbors, Emory Village businesses/property owners and representatives from Emory University formed a steering committee. Its sole purpose was to develop ideas to improve the Village's future. Today that committee has become a unique alliance representing these different stakeholders. Beginning with a series of community input sessions, we asked for wide-ranging recommendations, refined them, and made initial recommendations to implement them. In 2001, AIEV became a non-profit organization, and was fortunate to receive expertise in urban design funded by Emory, DeKalb County and nominal seed money from DHCA.
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/EmoryUniversity Follow us on Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/EmoryUniversity Follow us on Google+: http://www.Gplus.to/Emory The South's biggest city, Atlanta is home to more than five million people who have come here from all over the world to work at places like CNN, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Coca-Cola Company, and The Home Depot headquarters. In fact, 12 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered here, creating incomparable internship opportunities. Of course, people need to play, too! We do—with five pro sports teams, countless cultural festivals and museums, and a vibrant music scene that launched the careers of Usher, John Mayer, Alan Jackson, and Akon. Come to Atlanta and see what else is new.
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research | Countdown to a Cure (2016) Learn more: http://www.amfar.org
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds presentation by Dr.Michael S. Saag, MD; Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Medicine; Jim Straley Chair in AIDS Research; Director, Center for AIDS Research; University of Alabama at Birmingham
Maureen M. Goodenow, Ph.D. “Transdisciplinary HIV Research Version 3.0: Think Globally – Act Locally” NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research and Director, Office of AIDS Research
Here is MTV's Year in Rock 1987 special covering not just the music, but also the hot films, fashion, and other trends of 1987, from Michael Jackson's Bad to an AIDS research concert to hot new artists to comebacks to acid-washed jeans.
Guest Host Jay Fidell speaks with Dr. Cecilia Shikuma (Professor, Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) about the latest developments in AIDS research.