NRP 38+ "Pathogenesis of novel forms of infectious diseases"

​The National Research Programme "Pathogenesis of novel forms of infectious diseases" (NRP 38+) aimed to intensify the support of research on prion- and HIV-associated diseases. The stimulation of the interchange of ideas and the support of new roads to be travelled in scientific research should help to keep the high standard of Swiss scientific research in these diseases.

Facts & figures
Overall fundingCHF 5'000'000
President of expertsVolker Henn until December 1997 † and Adriano Fontana from 1998
​​End of research​2000