Events & Newsletters
December 2006
The Chinese Government Invites Dr. Roger Hershline as a speaker in the
Fifth Session of the International HIV/AIDS Programs at the World Aids Day in
China, 2006
The Chinese government has kindly invited Dr. Roger Hershline to speak at the
Fifth Session of the International HIV/AIDS Programs Cooperation and New
Technology/ Product Showcase at the World Aids Day in China, 2006.
The conferees from more than 30 different countries are mainly professionals and
executives working in the fields of HIV/AIDS diagnosis, therapy, drugs design,
pharmaceutical industry, policy and regulation, and venture capital companies.
All of them are participating in order to look for potential opportunities for
future partnerships in research, development, technology and transfer.
Being aware that Dr. Hershline's laboratory has discovered compounds as
potential antiviral agents specifically for HIV/AIDS treatment, the Chinese
believe that Dr. Roger Hershline's speech at the conference will be of highest
interest to all other parties participating in the event and especially so to
Chinese officers and researchers.
China plans to make a great efforts to restrict the rapid epidemic spread of
HIV/AIDS across their country, to no more than 1.5 million HIV/AIDS cases by the
end of 2010. Currently, China has listed HIV/AIDS prevention and control
research as key State scientific research projects to explore efficient
treatment for AIDS.
China has also established a Green Channel for import of HIV/AIDS drugs from
abroad, i.e. the tariff will be waived for HIV/AIDS drugs going into the
country.
The Chinese Government believes Dr. Hershline's fruitful research will be
attractive and impressive to his worldwide colleagues. They have planned for him
meetings with governmental and organization officers who will introduce their
domestic policies for importing antiretroviral agents and other opportunities
for building cooperation partnerships.
Dr. Roger Hershline's Speech Transcript
Introductory appreciation and thanks for the invitation.
Introductory recognition of keynote speakers.
Introductory recognition of the gravity of the spreading global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Introductory recognition of the immediate need to aggressively prevent the spread of this lethal sexually transmitted disease.
All peoples of the earth believe in individualistic and nationalistic pride and borders- yet contagious diseases do not respect these human barriers. Attempts of physical isolation at the global level eventually fail either because of the failure f such physical barriers to microscopic organisms or the universal inability to subdue the adventurous human spirit. As we develop as a technologically advancing species, such territorial physical barriers to contagious diseases becomes more irrelevant.
We, despite our individualistic concerns must also realize that the ultimate solution must also consider global eradication and international cooperation.
Nations that have low HIV/AIDS rates must insist that measures to maintain health be enforced among their peoples while nations with high HIV/AIDS rates must become to realize their objective vulnerability and accept intelligent guidance.
The Global Humanceutical approach to the development of new technology to eradicate disease accepts the vulnerability of all peoples to disease and accepts the premises that illness is not an individualistic burden and health is not an individualistic strength. Illness and health are global universal endpoints.
Human growth, commerce and trade demand global health and peace. The illness of a competitor is a false perception of internal strength. Global awareness of this truth is the next plateau of human growth.
I applaud all of you for the realization of this truth and encourage this global effort to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and help lessen the terrible burden placed on all peoples of the earth.
The efforts of China to alleviate illness, pain and suffering will make China stronger, even when you alleviate the illness, pain and suffering of your competitors, as it is with all nations. Thank you.
Other Speakers at the World Aids Day Conference in China, 2006
Dr.
Luc Montagnier
Pioneer in HIV/AIDS Discoveries, co-founder and president of the World
Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention
Montagnier was born in Chabris, near Tours, France. He studied natural sciences at the University of Poitiers and received his license of sciences from the University of Paris in 1955. In 1960 he qualified for his doctorate in medicine at the same university. Montagnier became research director of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in 1974 and in 1985 professor at the Pasteur Institute.
His Work Before AIDS:
In the years before the onset of the AIDS epidemic, Montagnier made many
significant discoveries concerning the nature of viruses, and contributed to the
understanding of how viruses can alter the genetic information of host
organisms, thereby significantly advancing cancer research. His investigation of
interferon, one of the body's defenses against viruses, also opened avenues for
medical cures for viral diseases.
His Greatest Discovery:
Dr. Montagnier is best known for his 1983 discovery of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has been identified as the cause of AIDS.
This discovery led directly to the development of a test for detecting the
presence of HIV in blood samples.
Controversy:
His discovery of HIV was met with some controversy when American scientist
Robert Gallo claimed he discovered HIV a year later. But in 1992 the scientific
community agreed it was Montagnier that should be credited with the discovery.
Currently:
In 1998, Professor Montagnier expanded his research efforts to the United
States by accepting an endowed professorship at Queens College, New York. He is
in charge of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology, where research
efforts are focused on HIV therapeutics and vaccines. Professor Montagnier also
continues his research efforts in Paris at both the Pasteur Institute and his
World Foundation AIDS Research and Prevention.
Dr.
Avram Hershko, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry in 2004
M.D. 1965 - The Hebrew University and "Hadassah" Medical School, Jerusalem,
Israel
Ph.D. 1969 - The Hebrew University and "Hadassah" Medical School, Jerusalem,
Israel
Regulation of ubiquitin-mediated degradation of cyclin B in the embryonic cell
cycle.
Proteins carry out most chemical and physical processes in cells and regulate basic cellular functions such as cell division and development. Though much research has been done on how proteins are made, relatively little attention has been paid to the problem of how cellular proteins are destroyed with a high degree of specificity and sophistication.
Dr.
Rulf M. Zinkernagel
1996 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
The 1996 Nobel Prize bestowed upon Zinkernagel and Doherty was for research they had done in Canberra in 1973-75, over 20 years before, on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells. During studies of the response of mice to viruses, they found that lymphocytes (white blood cells) must recognize both the virus and certain "self" molecules in order to kill the virus-infected cells.
Today Dr. Zinkernagel is back in Switzerland as the Head of the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich . His Nobel Prize research is a key part of the basic science foundation upon which medicine is built.
Dr.
Richard J. Roberts
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993
"The main theme of my work in biology has centered on the belief that we must
know the structure of the molecules we work with if we are to understand how
they function. This means knowing the sequence of macromolecules and cataloguing
any modifications such as methylation. For proteins, 3-dimensional structure and
post-translational modification are crucial. This latter area is a target for my
future work. Throughout my life in science I have been fortunate to have friends
and family who will bring me back to earth and remind me that there is much in
life to be savored besides Science. I enjoy music very much and love to collect
and play games, especially video games. I am indebted to my wife Jean, and my
children, Alison, Andrew, Christopher and Amanda who have been a source of great
joy and comfort."
(From Dr. Richard J. Roberts’ Autobiography)
For more information, visit the officail website of the World AIDS Day China
2006 at:
http://www.whts.org/aids/en/index.htm
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