amfAR establishes HIV institute at UCSF

The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) formed the amfAR Institute for HIV Cure Research at the University of California San Francisco with a five-year, $20 million grant. The funding is part of a $100 million amfAR initiative announced in February, with a goal of finding the scientific basis of an HIV cure by YE20 (see BioCentury Extra, Feb. 20).

amfAR said the institute will conduct both basic research and clinical studies. It intends to collaborate with Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) as well as the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, Blood Systems Research Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, University of California Berkeley and the Infectious Disease Research Institute. ...