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NIH announces awards to advance tech for HIV viral load detection
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $4 million in funds and support services to three diagnostic technology developers as part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx ®) Tech’s Advanced Platforms for HIV Viral Load Monitoring program. Launched in the spring of 2024 by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), in collaboration with the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the program is aimed at advancing HIV viral load detection technologies for use at the point of care.
About 39 million people around the world live with HIV, including approximately 1.2 million adults, adolescents, and children in the United States. HIV is a virus that attacks a person’s immune system by affecting cells that are essential for fighting infections. Viral load is a measure of how much virus is in the bloodstream.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $4 million in funds and support services to three diagnostic technology developers as part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx ®) Tech’s Advanced Platforms for HIV Viral Load Monitoring program. Launched in the spring of 2024 by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), in collaboration with the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the program is aimed at advancing HIV viral load detection technologies for use at the point of care.
About 39 million people around the world live with HIV, including approximately 1.2 million adults, adolescents, and children in the United States. HIV is a virus that attacks a person’s immune system by affecting cells that are essential for fighting infections. Viral load is a measure of how much virus is in the bloodstream.