Carolina awarded $2.91 million to create new ultra-long-acting HIV drug delivery implant Posted Dec 12, 2019 Led by UNC professor of medicine J. Victor Garcia, biomedical researchers have begun a three-year project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and implement an effective ultra-long-acting antiviral delivery system to combat the spread of HIV. UNC School of Medicine investigators and colleagues were awarded $2.91 million. (UNC.edu)