Federal Grant Funds Research On Novel HIV Therapy - Award Supports Both Bench And Bedside Studies

... An immunology researcher at The Children''s Hospital of Philadelphia leads a multi-center $6.7 million program project grant recently awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to explore a novel approach to HIV treatment. Encompassing basic science research, animal studies and clinical trials in adult patients, the new grant focuses on a potential Achilles'' heel in the human immunodeficiency virus: sites on immune cells known as neurokinin-1 receptors... click link for more info. ...