$15M allocated to AIDS vaccine research
A U.S. scientist who co-discovered the virus that causes AIDS will use a $15 million grant to develop a potential vaccine.
Dr. Robert Gallo of the University of Maryland said at a news conference that he will use the five-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to test a vaccine that could potentially eliminate the virus in already infected cells, The Washington Times said Wednesday.
The vaccine has been tested successfully on monkeys.
The grant is part of the Gates Foundation’s Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery, which started last year with $287 million in grants.