Research
Exploring Pathways to an Accessible HIV Cure
amfAR awards grants to researchers—Drs. Jonah Sacha, Elena Herrera-Carrillo, and Alexander Pasternak—who are testing innovative HIV cure strategies.
The Broad Benefits of AIDS Research
Many new treatments for diseases such as cancer, kidney and heart disease, COVID-19, and hepatitis have arisen from research on HIV/AIDS.
Predicting Changes in the HIV Reservoir
Researchers zero in on a marker, sugar-protein Galectin-9, that might be able to target HIV persistence, the main barrier to a cure for people living with the virus.
Revolutionizing HIV Prevention?
PURPOSE 2 study results show that a twice-yearly injectable HIV antiretroviral, lenacapavir, is highly effective as PrEP among MSM, transgender women and men who have sex with men, and others.
A Possible New Avenue to a Cure
Geneva Patient “opens new perspectives for the development of HIV cure strategies”
Research Grants
Research Grants Awarded
Requests for Proposals
Publications from amfAR Grantees and Fellows
Each month, the findings of amfAR-funded researchers (names in bold) are published in peer-reviewed journals, which are listed below by month of publication. In each case you can click on the “ABSTRACT” link for a brief summary of the research paper as it appears in the journal. In some cases, you can click on the “READ MORE” link to access related articles written for a lay audience by amfAR staff.