CBR’s product development work is informed by a robust basic science program that addresses some of the most pressing scientific questions in the field related to:

• HIV transmission, pathogenesis and persistence – and factors that can interrupt it
• Promising approaches to preventing Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and associated cancers
• How STIs such as HIV, Herpes simplex virus (HSV), HPV and others interact to increase risks to women’s and men’s health
• Protective immune responses that could be manipulated to reduce the risk of infection or disease
• The effect of aging and hormone levels on susceptibility to HIV
• Understand the biology of the blood-testis barrier (BTB)
• Examine the role of environmental toxicants and other biomolecules on male fertility and infertility
• Effects of sex hormones during HIV transmission