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
along anthrax attack chain learned people vulnerable
What we learned from the mail-service anthrax attack of 2001 is that you really have to look at the vulnerable people along the chain of exposure.
anthrax body danger direct easily unlike virus
It's a virus that's easily transmitted from person to person through aerosolized droplets from saliva and other body fluids, ... It is unlike anthrax in that it can be transmitted from person to person and not just a danger by a direct contact.
direct elicit factor guarantee identify particular protecting response vaccine
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.
procedure
When you're dealing with a very sick person and you're doing something to them, an intervention, be it a procedure or a medication, safety is critical.
impact world interconnected
The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.
bios worst terrorist
The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.
levels viruses difficult
When you put someone on therapy, you lower the level of virus such that it makes it very difficult for them to infect others.
running disease hiv
I run a modest-sized laboratory thats looking specifically at what we call the pathogenic mechanisms of HIV disease, or AIDS.
communication thinking needs
I enjoy very much communication. I think that scientists need to communicate.
support research administration
Certainly the support for research in HIV/AIDS was good in the Clinton administration, good in the Bush administrations. It just was.
be-good impediments general-public
There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.
ebola people facts
We feel confident that there won't be an outbreak. The people who were around the patient are now being identified and traced by the CDC and by the state health authorities. ... you get people, you identify them, and you observe and monitor them daily to determine if they develop symptoms If they do, then you put them under isolation to determine if, in fact, they are infected. And if you do that properly, you can shut down any outbreak.
humble anxiety feelings
One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy This anxiety keeps me humble.
grateful ebola two
We are grateful to the Liberian people who volunteered for this important clinical trial and encouraged by the study results seen with the two investigational Ebola vaccine candidates,