Pharmacy

Drugmaker Merck & Co Inc has announced that it will collaborate with the researchers at the University of North Carolina, the University of California and other academics on HIV research.                          

A team of academics led by professors at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus and assisted by Merck will research ways to purge HIV infections from the body. Another team of academics centered at the University of California San Francisco will research HIV reservoirs, areas where the virus may lie dormant.

The National Institutes of Health is the primary funding organization for both efforts. Merck said it will not receive federal funding for its participation.