NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) NIH and the South African Medical Research Council are awarding 31 grants to US and South African scientists to support research targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and HIV-related co-morbidities and cancers. The awards, which total $8 million in first-year funding, are the first to be issued through the South Africa-US Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research.