EMORY MEDICINE SUMMER 1999 Karon Schindler, Editor Phone: (404) 727-5680 Email: kschind@emory.edu Email for class notes: eurec@emory.edu

Setting Our Sights Investigators at Emory's new vaccine center target their efforts against HIV.   When Abused Children Grow Up Children exposed to abuse are more prone to obesity, heart disease, cancer, depression, and other chronic health problems as adults.   From Peapods to Peptides In the 140 years since Mendel published his studies of pea plant inheritance, the field of genetics has moved on to ever smaller things.