University of Maryland receives $14.4 million for...

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The Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine received a $14.4 million grant for HIV research. The grant, awarded by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), will fund research aimed at tackling a significant scientific challenge in HIV vaccine research – the inability to produce long-lasting antibodies to protect against the infection. “Since our group co-discovered HIV as the cause of AIDS in the early 1980’s, I have long stated…