amfAR's Research Program
amfAR's Research program plays a vital role in AIDS research, identifying critical gaps in our knowledge of HIV and AIDS, and supporting groundbreaking studies that often lack the preliminary data required by more traditional funders. The Research program focuses on efforts to prevent HIV infection in those who are vulnerable, and to improve treatment, with the ultimate goal of eradicating the virus for people living with HIV infection.
In The Lab
Manipulating the smallest building blocks of life to defeat the world’s biggest infectious disease killer: amfAR funds gene therapy approaches to HIV prevention, treatment, and cure by making its first ever awards for gene therapy research, supporting a broad range of strategies aimed at thwarting the virus both directly as well as by blocking its access to the cells it needs in order to replicate.