{"id":207584,"date":"2023-01-20T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=207584"},"modified":"2023-01-20T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:37:34","slug":"wistar-institute-hiv-researchers-win-grant-to-explore-genetically-engineered-natural-killer-cells-as-hiv-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=207584","title":{"rendered":"Wistar Institute HIV Researchers Win Grant to Explore Genetically Engineered Natural Killer Cells as HIV Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan 20 (Bernama<strong>-GLOBE NEWSWIRE<\/strong>) &#8212;<\/strong> amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=CjuE02HZZjfvN0lVBTOT7RMZClVTX4QgfwXbhvyiZdXYvuQB87rj0wPjexxMUPiAlKE7iLHsGhNoEnqnWB_tqCnV1_Mznky-84x4u3etM6UADWIVvlEuMkypNrNcxGFOBnGDxar0vxvccAw-weHB-A==\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil<\/strong>.<\/a>, in collaboration with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=himP4SvGw07j_Hg93Mzh5ao1NW6dop5ofNCg3Rsf32xnqmsU6bq4Ogtmgvo2XoyEl_bN-HGlCM8SXZj4-qlY-z51x8d-qnLiBrG8vb1wpSZt3xgNnpUwxGFSCio1FM-jh07VCICzyg4uwv7O2aZX7Q==\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D.<\/a>, a <em>Target Grant<\/em> for $397,663 over two years. Montaner, who leads The Wistar Institute\u2019s HIV Research Program, is studying the ability of a type of immune cell known as natural killer (NK) cells to kill HIV-infected cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis grant to Dr. Montaner is the latest of several awards we have made to outstanding scientists at The Wistar Institute,\u201d said Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR\u2019s Vice President and Director of Research. \u201cDr. Montaner\u2019s well-designed research project has significant potential for moving the HIV cure research field forward. We wish him and his team much success and look forward to receiving updates on their progress.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=45265\">http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=45265<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., in collaboration with Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., a Target Grant for $397,663 over two years. Montaner, who leads The Wistar Institute\u2019s HIV Research Program, is studying the ability of a type of immune cell known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207584"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207585,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207584\/revisions\/207585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}