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Dr. Sellati Receives $1.6 Million to Study Future Tularemia Treatment
Timothy J. Sellati, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $1.6 million reseach grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to continue studying whether lessening the immune response to a deadly form of bacteria (Francisella tularensis) could actually prevent death.
For the press release go to http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/10_14_08_T.html.
Dr. Fuller Receives $5.4 Million to Study a Universal Vaccine for Flu
Albany, N.Y., June 24, 2008 - Deborah Fuller, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $5.4 million reseach grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to explore the development of a "universal" vaccine for flu, including avian flu, that would protect individuals from all forms of influenza, regardless of the latest strain or mutation.
For the press release go to http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/06_24_08_D.html .
Why do bacterial ills often follow the flu? Scientists find possible answer.
Albany, N.Y., April 28, 2008 - Albany Medical College researchers Dennis W. Metzger, Ph.D., Professor, Theobald Smith Alumni Chair, and Director of the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease and Research Associate Keer Sun, Ph.D. have discovered a possible reason why bacterial infections are more likely to develop in the week or so following an infection from the flu. Further, in animal experiments, they have shown a way to stop it from happening. Their work is reported in the journal Nature Medicine (advance online publication-April 27).
For the press release go to http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/04_28_08_N.html.
Dr. Melendez Receives $1.6 million from National Institute on Aging
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $1.6 million 5-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging in support of his research entitled "Redox-Control of MMP-1 and Senescence".
