Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Amount

$113,330.00

Award Date

9/11/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Modified Triterpines as Potent HIV Fusion Inhibitors Prior studies on the natural triterpene betulinic acid (1) led to our discovery and development of Bevirimat (2), a modified triterpene and the first-in-class HIV maturation inhibitor. In these studie