$7 Million Grant Awarded For Research Into Tropical Diseases​

Date: 09/11/2015

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Infectious Disease Advisor

A $7 million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded a $7 million grant to Washington University School of Medicine researchers that is aimed at eliminating river blindness and elephantiasis.

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