HIV vaccines: Plan B

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linkurl:Anthony Fauci,;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/13734/ director of NIH's National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is apparently making good on the promise to "turn the knob towards discovery" in HIV vaccine research, which he made at a linkurl:meeting;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54488/ this March. The NIAID today (May 20) linkurl:announced;http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2008/niaid-20.htm a five-year, $15.6 million project to fund research that aims to elicit the production of broad linkurl:neutralizing antibodies;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/home/39377/ from linkurl:B cells;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/19841/ instead of targeting linkurl:T cells;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/20089/ - the approach taken by linkurl:previous vaccine efforts.;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/53633/ "This program reflects our commitment to probe the fundamental science underlying HIV vaccine development," Fauci said in an NIAID release. "The study of B cells and broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV will answer pressing, basic scientific questions and bring greater balance to our portfolio of HIV vaccine discovery research." The 10 research groups funded through the program include investigators at the Scripps Research Institute, the University of California, Irvine, and Weill Cornell Medical College. According to the NIAID, the teams will share data and resources in their quest for a B cell-focused vaccine.

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Bob Grant
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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