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NIH Awards More than $20 Million to International HIV Database Centers
July 22, 2021
The National Institutes of Health has renewed grants to seven regional centers that compose the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), awarding $20.8 million in first-year funding. The 15-year-old IeDEA program efficiently advances knowledge about HIV by pooling and analyzing de-identified health data from more than two million people with HIV on five continents to answer research questions that individual studies cannot address. The grants are expected to last five years and to total an estimated $100 million.
Adjuvant Developed with NIH Funding Enhances Efficacy of India’s COVID-19 Vaccine
June 29, 2021
An adjuvant developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health has contributed to the success of the highly efficacious COVAXIN COVID-19 vaccine, which roughly 25 million people have received to date in India and elsewhere. Adjuvants are substances formulated as part of a vaccine to boost immune responses and enhance a vaccine’s effectiveness. COVAXIN was developed and is manufactured in India, which is currently suffering a devastating health crisis due to COVID-19.
Monoclonal Antibodies Against MERS Coronavirus Show Promise in Phase 1 NIH-Sponsored Trial
February 23, 2021
A NIH-sponsored Phase 1 clinical trial of two mAbs directed against the coronavirus that causes MERS found they were well tolerated and generally safe.
Antibody Infusions Prevent Acquisition of Some HIV Strains, NIH Studies Find
January 26, 2021
NIH finds that an investigational anti-HIV antibody prevented acquisition of some HIV strains, but did not significantly reduce overall acquisition.
NIH Scientists Study Salmonella Swimming Behavior as Clues to Infection
January 13, 2021
NIH scientists believe they have identified a protein, that allows the Salmonella bacteria to swim straight when they are ready to infect cells.
