Annual Report Of Intramural Activities

Author : Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656181544
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of Intramural Activities written by Department of Health and Human Services and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of Intramural Activities: October 1, 1990 September 30, 1991 Studies of both the basic and clinical aspects of hiv infection receive extensive attention in the niaid dir. In addition to those studies mentioned above, studies range from molecular studies of the effects of cytokines on hiv expression in cells, to studies of the various cell surface molecules in cell - cell transmission of hiv, to studies of the mechanisms by which hiv kills CD4+ T cells and finally, to studies of the various aspects of the immune response to hiv and related retroviruses. These investigations interdigitate with studies in many nih intramural programs and comprise an active program designed to find a better treatment of hiv disease, including studies of candidate aids vaccines, combination chemotherapy and exciting trials of new anti-retroviral drugs mentioned above. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs have been given high level of attention this year. Our annual Introduction to Biomedical Research Program for Minority Students from across the us. And Puerto Rico was successful in providing students with a brief introduction to biomedical research. This year we initiated a close collaboration of our clinical program with Howard University Medical School and also started a new Adopt a Schoolprogram with Dunbar High School in Washington, DC. The purpose of the latter was to reach out to young people and introduce them to the excitement and opportunities of biomedical science early in their education. This year in the annual minority summer program for high school, college and medical students, 81 students worked in niaid laboratories; percent of the students in the summer program were minorities. In FY '91 several new appointments were made within the Division of Intramural Research, niaid. Dr. Warren Strober was appointed Deputy Director, dir; Dr. H. Clifford Lane was appointed Clinical Director and Dr. Stephen Straus was appointed Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation. In addition, the Laboratory of Host Defenses (dr. John I. Gallin, Chief) was established. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.