The HIV-ACE (ACE for Anti-Capsid assembly and Envelope incorporation) research project coordinated by Clarisse Berlioz-Torrent, team leader of an Inserm research team (Inserm Unit 567, Hospital Cochin, Infectious Diseases Unit, Paris) has been officially launched on Thursday, April 17th, in Paris. HIV-ACE is a European collaborative research project funded by the European Commission under the Health Work Programme of the 7th Framework Programme. This consortium brings together prominent world-class scientists in Virology, Cell Biology Immunology Organic and Medicinal Chemistry working in highly regarded European research organizations.

The final goal of this consortium is to deliver at the end of the three year EC funding, innovative antiviral molecules at the stage of early drug candidates, well characterized concerning their antiviral activity and toxicity profile.

Learn more by reading the Inserm press release.