盖茨基金会捐赠1亿美元用于研发防艾药物


 

盖茨基金会捐赠1亿美元用于研发防艾药物 
2009年02月25日 15:55:30  来源:新华网 

    新华网华盛顿2月24日电 比尔·盖茨与妻子创立的比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会已向杀菌剂国际合作(IPM)捐赠1亿美元,用于研发可大幅降低艾滋病病毒感染率的防艾药物。

    法新社24日援引IPM的声明说,在一种防艾杀菌剂的临床研究取得“令人鼓舞的效果”后,比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会向该组织捐赠了1亿美元。

    这种杀菌剂是一种名为“PRO2000”的女性用杀菌凝胶。美国国立卫生研究院不久前发表报告说,为期三年半的临床研究表明,这种阴道凝胶使用安全,在防止艾滋病病毒感染方面的有效性比其他药物高30%。

    IPM说,该组织将用这笔捐款进行进一步的临床研究。

 

Gates Foundation donated 100 million U.S. dollars for AIDS drug research and development
February 25, 2009 15:55:30 Source: Xinhuanet

     Xinhua Washington, Feb 24 Electricity Bill Gates and his wife founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has international cooperation fungicides (IPM) to donate one hundred million U.S. dollars for research and development can be greatly reduced HIV infection rates of AIDS drugs.

     24 Agence France-Presse quoted the statement said IPM, in an AIDS clinical study fungicides "encouraging results", the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated to the organization one hundred million U.S. dollars.

     This is a fungicide known as "PRO2000" women using sterilization gel. The United States National Institutes of Health recently reported that a period of three and a half years of clinical studies have shown that the use of this vaginal gel safety in the prevention of HIV infection than other drugs, the effectiveness of 30%.

     IPM, said the organization will use the donation for further clinical research.