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Grand Challenges Explorations funds PTC Therapeutics research

Grand Challenges Explorations is an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that supports researchers worldwide.

Antiviral Biology director Zhengxian Gu is said to work on global health research project, ‘Exploration of a Novel Mechanism Regulating HIV Latency.’

The Grand Challenges Explorations grant will support PTC Therapeutics’ efforts towards the development of novel oral therapeutics that target dormant HIV.