The Last Word
  Stopping the AIDS cycle


Joe Miller doesn't aspire to be another Lance Armstrong. For six months a year, in fact, his bike sits in storage. Then he puts his energy where his heart is. This summer he led a 10-member Emory team that cycled from Amsterdam to Paris, sharing a world view that everyone can do something to stop the ravages of AIDS.

"When you work in AIDS research, you realize how huge the problem is and how few funds are devoted to HIV/AIDS," says the immunology graduate student and three-time AIDS ride participant.

More than 40 million adults and children live with HIV. Each day, some 15,000 more are newly infected. In developing countries where the epidemic is most severe, effective drugs are too expensive and complicated to administer. Only a safe, effective, affordable HIV vaccine can slow and ultimately end the AIDS pandemic, he says.

More than 600 people joined in the 500-mile ride in July, one of four worldwide events held this year that are helping raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. The funds will go to the Emory Vaccine Center and other organizations conducting innovative AIDS vaccine research that traditional funding agencies are usually reluctant to support.

In this Issue


From the Director  /  Letters

Banking on benevolence

Healing the bottom line

Moving forward  /  Noteworthy

On point: Tell Congress what's at stake

Stopping the AIDS cycle

 


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