African Scientists Join Forces to Find HIV Vaccine
- US has provided $45 million funding for the vaccine project
- About 13% of South Africans carry the virus that causes AIDS
Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles.
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South Africa’s Medical Research Council is teaming up with scientists from eight countries on the continent in an US-funded effort to select an immunization candidate against the virus that causes AIDS.
Molecules that are potentially capable of eliciting an immune response against the virus have already been identified for development into vaccine contenders, said Glenda Gray, the president of the South African MRC.