June Kan-Mitchell, PhD, of the University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a four-year grant of approximately $4 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to fund the project “Effector and Regulatory Activities of HLA-E-restricted HIV-specific abCD8 T Cells.” The money will help Kan-Mitchell, professor and principle investigator, as she works to create an effective vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 

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