Jean-Louis Touraine

Jean-Louis Touraine is a professor of medicine and a politician he elected (Appointed Third district of the Rhone), born the October 8th 1945 with Lyon.

He is specialist in the Immunologie, the techniques of Clerc's Office and the AIDS. He wrote Out of the bubble a work on the treatment of the newborns with a strong immunizing deficiency, was president of the advisory Scientific advice the Rhone-Alps of INSERM of 1986 with 1990, president of the medical High committee of the Social security (Ministère of the social Affairs) of 1992 with 1996 and national president of France-Transplant since 1995.

Research on a vaccine against the AIDS

After having created a mouse with a human immune system, it developed on this guinea-pig a genic therapy of the AIDS. After five years of work, the research director of the Edouard-Herriot hospital deposited beginning 2003, with the the United States, a patent for a treatment associating a combination of two genes and a “vector” (of genes in the cells). At the same time therapy and vaccine, this drug is a real hope, even if it takes years to arrive at a marketable form.

Political offices

. Member of the Socialist party since 1989 it is elected Municipal council of Lyon (the Rhone) then he becomes mayor D 8th District of Lyon in 1995. since 1989 Member of the urban community of Large-Lyon since 1995 becomes Vice-Président of the urban community of Large-Lyon , it is since 2001 First Assistant of Gerard Collomb, the Maire of Lyon, in charge of displacements, public peace and decentralization, and vice-president of the urban community, in charge with urban displacements and the great road infrastructures (socialist group). he is elected at the general advice (the Rhone) Since 2004

He has been elected Député following the French legislative Élections of 2007 in the Third district of the Rhone with for substitute Sarah Peillon, against the outgoing candidate Jean-Michel Dubernard, appointed for 21 years.

He gave an opinion publicly for a better social integration of grafted, through the accesses to employment and the credit.

Local mandates

Since 2001 Assistant of the Mayor of Lyon, the Rhone
since 2004 Membre of the general advice the Rhone
Vice-Président of the urban community of Large-Lyon
Since 2007 It was elected Député in the Third district of the Rhone

Old local mandates

1995 - 2001 Mayor of the 8th District of Lyon (the Rhone)
1989 - 1995 Member of the Municipal council of Lyon

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