The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has announced that it will bankroll a $50,000 grant to fund a study to explore the reasons why attempts to develop a vaccine against HIV have failed to produce a viable one for humans.
No vaccine for HIV exists, despite billions in taxpayer funding and decades of research.
PETA is offering this funding for a researcher to conduct a systemic review of studies in which monkeys were used to test HIV vaccines and compare that data to the testing of those same vaccines in humans.
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