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SRI International receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Date:5/6/2009

ange the course of infections that are treatable and lead to diseases that are difficult to cure. Drug resistant strains of tuberculosis pose a grave threat to global health because treatment options are becoming severely limited."

"The winners of these grants are doing truly exciting and innovative work," said Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Gates Foundation's Global Health Program. "I'm optimistic that some of these exploratory projects will lead to life-saving breakthroughs for people in the world's poorest countries."


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