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Bill Gates is giving $12 million to fund research for a universal flu vaccine. He made the announcement at the annual meeting for the Massachusetts Society of Medicine in Boston on Friday.
The billionaire said that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is collaborating with Alphabet CEO Larry Page and his wife, Lucy Page, for research on the vaccine.
The Gates Foundation is already working on the development of a universal flu vaccine in partnership with other organizations, including the nonprofit PATH, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The efforts have not yet yielded a breakthrough but some clinical trials are anticipated to start soon.
"Scientific advances and growing interest on the federal level, in the private sector, and among philanthropic funders makes development of a universal flu vaccine more feasible now than 10 or 20 years ago," Gates said.
"Today we are launching a $12 million Grand Challenge in partnership with the Page family to accelerate the development of a universal flu vaccine."
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...er-ways-microsoft-founder-is-saving-lives.htm
The billionaire said that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is collaborating with Alphabet CEO Larry Page and his wife, Lucy Page, for research on the vaccine.
The Gates Foundation is already working on the development of a universal flu vaccine in partnership with other organizations, including the nonprofit PATH, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The efforts have not yet yielded a breakthrough but some clinical trials are anticipated to start soon.
"Scientific advances and growing interest on the federal level, in the private sector, and among philanthropic funders makes development of a universal flu vaccine more feasible now than 10 or 20 years ago," Gates said.
"Today we are launching a $12 million Grand Challenge in partnership with the Page family to accelerate the development of a universal flu vaccine."
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...er-ways-microsoft-founder-is-saving-lives.htm