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This year’s AIDS Vaccine 200
(AV200), an annual 200-mile bicycle ride event that benefits AIDS vaccine
research at the Emory Vaccine Center in Atlanta, Ga., projects that more than
200 riders will participate on May 18–19.
The volunteer-run Action Cycling
Atlanta is sponsoring the event, which will begin at Emory University in
Atlanta and travel to Eatonton, Ga., located in the Oconee National Forest, and
back to Emory. Since its beginning 11 years ago, AV200 has raised more than $1
million for AIDS vaccine research. The Emory Vaccine Center is the largest and
most comprehensive academic vaccine center in the world.
Some of the projects supported by
Action Cycling’s annual AV200 include the development of one of the world’s
first preventative HIV/AIDS vaccines, currently in phase II clinical trial
testing, and work at the vaccine center’s satellite campus in New Delhi, India,
on development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine designed specifically for the clade-C
strain of HIV that is prevalent in that country.
For further information about the
AV200 bicycle ride, visit http://www.actioncycling.org.
For more information about the Emory
Vaccine Center, visit http://vaccines.emory.edu.
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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