SEATTLE, Oct 23, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
in Seattle is giving 104 grants of $100,000 each to researchers exploring new
ways to improve global health.
The grants were given to scientists from 22 countries who are working on "bold
and largely unproven" ideas to prevent or cure infectious diseases such as AIDS
and tuberculosis and limit the emergence of drug resistance, the foundation said
Wednesday in a release.
"We were hoping this program would level the playing field so anyone with a
transformational idea could more quickly assess its potential for the benefit of
global health," said Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of global health at the Gates
Foundation. "The quality of the applications exceeded all of our expectations."
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