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Texas BioMed part of team granted millions to find a cure for AIDS

by SBG San Antonio

Wed, June 2nd 2021 at 9:57 PM
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LOS ANGELES - APRIL 28: An OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test kit is shown inside a motor home that has been converted into a mobile HIV screening lab by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) on its first day of operations on April 28, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. The test reports a client's HIV status in only 20 minutes with accuracy reportedly greater than 99 percent using a single drop of blood drawn from the finger. AHF gives same-day counseling and support to walk-in clients who test positive to HIV. Rapid testing solves the problem of large numbers of people not returning for their test results from older methods that take as long as two week to return results. California's multi-billion dollar pornography industry is currently in a voluntary 60-day moratorium following the recent HIV infection of two porn stars who had been in sexual contact with dozens of people in the adult entertainment industry. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - APRIL 28: An OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test kit is shown inside a motor home that has been converted into a mobile HIV screening lab by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) on its first day of operations on April 28, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. The test reports a client's HIV status in only 20 minutes with accuracy reportedly greater than 99 percent using a single drop of blood drawn from the finger. AHF gives same-day counseling and support to walk-in clients who test positive to HIV. Rapid testing solves the problem of large numbers of people not returning for their test results from older methods that take as long as two week to return results. California's multi-billion dollar pornography industry is currently in a voluntary 60-day moratorium following the recent HIV infection of two porn stars who had been in sexual contact with dozens of people in the adult entertainment industry. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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SAN ANTONIO - A local medical research group is getting millions of dollars to help try to find a cure for AIDS.

Texas BioMed is joining forces with a group of two other Texas scientific institutes for the project.

It's thanks to a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

For the next 5 years they will be working with Baylor College of Medicine and UT Health-Houston to help get rid of AIDS in the U.S.

Here's how this grant could help.

"There have been setbacks in the field of vaccine development with AIDS,” Director of the SW Primate Research Center Deepak Kaushal said. “But I think there has been enough interest and enough progress made in the field of therapeutics and drug development, that that approach is doable, and this is this will help in the process."

The goal is to reduce infections and find new ways to treat the disease, leading to improved health outcomes.

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