Evotec receives $ 23.8 m grant to join the global fight against tuberculosis

12-Jun-2019 - Evotec SE announced that the company has entered into a five-year partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discover new treatment regimens that better address tuberculosis (“TB”), a severe global health burden and one of the leading causes of death due to infectious diseases ...

Grand challenge for innovation in global vaccine manufacturing

22-Feb-2017 - Vaccines are among the most transformative and successful outcomes of modern medicine. For countries fortunate enough to have immunization coverage, their value can also lower or avert healthcare costs, increase economic productivity, and reduce poverty. The cost of producing and distributing ...

University of Illinois to improve crop yield through photosynthesis in a new global effort

Project aims to increase photosynthetic efficiency for sustainable yield increase

13-Dec-2012 - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a five–year, $25-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the photosynthetic properties of key food crops, including rice and cassava. The project, titled "RIPE – Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency," ...

UofL receives Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges TB biomarkers grant

13-Feb-2012 - The University of Louisville announced that it will receive a tuberculosis (TB) biomarkers grant through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve ...

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BGU Researcher Dr. Alberto Bilenca wins grant from the Gates Foundation

09-May-2011 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher Alberto Bilenca, PhD, has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of 88 grants awarded to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health. The grants of US$100,000 each have been made to researchers from 25 ...

Researchers complete draft genome sequence for cassava

11-Nov-2009 - A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of research on this subsistence crop and addressing some of the many limitations that face cassava farmers ...

Cornell researcher works to develop cheap, quick health test for people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries

28-Mar-2007 - A Cornell researcher is working to develop a quick, simple and cheap immune-system test for people in the developing world. It could help HIV/AIDS sufferers in the poorest countries get appropriate treatment to extend their lives, possibly by as much as 10 to 15 years. The work is part of an ...

$43 million grant from Gates Foundation brings together unique collaboration for antimalarial drug

Effort could significantly reduce cost, boost aupplies of artemisinin

15-Dec-2004 - A $42.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States, will create a powerful new approach to developing a more affordable, accessible cure for malaria, which kills more than a million ...