BILL GATES - Gates gives $287m to HIV research

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Thursday, 20 July 2006,

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Gates

gives $287m to HIV research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is the Gates

Foundation's biggest ever investment in HIV and

Aids

 

 

 

The

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $287m (£155m) in a bid to speed up the development of a

vaccine for the HIV/Aids virus.

The money is being split into 16 grants for

science teams across the world - with the aim that they work more

collaboratively on new approaches.

All the recipients have had to agree to share their findings -

even if they had been working on competing projects.

More than 40 million people are believed to be infected with

HIV/Aids.

While dozens of different potential vaccines have been trialled

in the 25 years since the HIV virus was first identified, scientists have

struggled to develop an effective vaccine.

This is because of the virus's ability to

mutate and attack the human immune system - the very thing that vaccines try

and stimulate to ward off infections.

Shared findings

" Unfortunately, developing an effective HIV vaccine has

proven to be tremendously difficult, and despite the

committed efforts of many researchers around the world, progress simply has

not been fast enough, " said Dr Nicholas Hellmann, of the Gates

Foundation's HIV, TB and reproductive health programme.

He said the aim of the grant funding is to identify the most

innovative approaches in vaccine research and then direct future efforts

towards those ideas.

The 16 grants are being divided between 165 investigators in 19

countries - some of whom are well-known in the area of HIV/Aids research and

some who are lesser known.

One of the projects being funded is research to isolate a large

number of antibodies from humans and animals, including llamas, to see if

they can neutralise HIV.

Another project will try to use viruses related to smallpox as

potential vaccines.

The researchers will be expected to share their findings and

compare their results with others to ensure a more coordinated approach to

scientific research.

This is the foundation's largest-ever

investment in HIV and Aids research, Dr Helmann said.

The foundation says it is also developing global access plans to

ensure that any discoveries from the research are accessible and affordable

in developing countries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5197082.stm

 

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