BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 1, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TapImmune Inc. (OTCBB:TPIV) announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to enter into an R&D collaboration effort. The overall goal of this collaboration will be to evaluate the efficacy of TAP in concert with novel vaccine vectors encoding TB immunogens under development at Aeras with the aim of advancing suitable candidates to clinical development. Aeras will conduct all pre-clinical development studies.