University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Purpose
to design a vaginal gel that blocks HIV by becoming impermeable in response to the pH change induced by the presence of semen, and binds to HIV surface proteins to halt viral transport to susceptible tissues and HIV target cells
Division
Global Health
Date
May 2009
Region Served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
18
Grantee location
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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