Emory to Help Effort to Find Vaccine for HIV/AIDS

Emory University will receive about $7 million to support its work in a national effort to develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is funding the seven-year, $186 million initiative backing the new Centers for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery.

Scripps Research Institute and Duke University are directing the effort, which will be supported by scientists from Emory, the Rockefeller University/Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Ragon Institute.

The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.

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