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Sherlock Biosciences Receives $5M Gates Foundation Grant for COVID-19 Self-Test

The funding will help the company further develop its INSPECTR molecular diagnostic platform into a test that can be used in various settings.

Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative Launches With $100M Investment

The initiative will build up pathogen sequencing capacity through investment from the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, Illumina, and Oxford Nanopore.

Millions of Tests

The World Health Organization will be providing low-cost COVID-19 tests to low- and middle-income nations, according to Reuters.

Stopped It

The Food and Drug Administration's decision to halt a SARS-CoV-2 study has drawn criticism, according to Stat News.

Post-COVID-19 World Envisioned

At the Economist and his own site, Bill Gates discusses the scientific advances needed to address the pandemic and what comes next.

Jun 24, 2019

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Aims to Enable Infectious Disease Sequencing Globally

Feb 25, 2019

Phase Genomics Wins $200K Grant to Develop Microbiome Discovery Tech

Feb 21, 2019

With Studies Underway in South America and Asia, QuantuMDx Readies POC Platform for Launch
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Nov 19, 2018

Two Pore Guys Receive $2.8M TB Dx Grant From Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Oct 19, 2017

At ASHG, Bill Gates and Francis Collins Discuss Global Health and Genetics in the Computational Age

Dec 14, 2016

ReadCoor Wins $2.5M Gates Grant for FISSEQ Pathogen Detection Technology

Apr 6, 2016

NGS-Based Pipeline Used to Develop Improved Parasitic Worm MDx
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Sep 21, 2015

Green Super Rice Project Selects Affymetrix for Genotyping Activities

Jul 6, 2015

Ceres Eyes $5M Funding Round to Broadly Commercialize Lyme Disease Dx
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Jun 30, 2015

Ceres Receives $746K from Gates Foundation for TB Test Development

Mar 19, 2015

Study IDs TB Strains in Swaziland with Drug Resistance Mutations Not Detected by Cepheid Xpert Test
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Feb 4, 2015

Sera Increases Series B Round to $25M with $5M from Gates Foundation

Dec 15, 2014

Critical Path Receives $3M Gates Foundation Award for TB Genome Database
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Nov 13, 2014

Cepheid Receives $3.3M Grant to Develop Ebola MDx Assay

Oct 7, 2014

CORRECTION: Gates Foundation, Synlogic Collaborate On Technology Application

Sep 17, 2014

NC State Scientists Collect $12.4M Gates Grant to Improve Sweet Potato

Jun 6, 2014

Gates Foundation Awards Somalogic Additional Funding for Tuberculosis Biomarker Work
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Oct 3, 2013

Washington University Team Wins $2M for River Blindness Biomarkers, Molecular Dx

Mar 1, 2013

Alere Garners Up to $42.2M in Grants and Loans from Gates Foundation for POC MDx Platforms

Feb 14, 2013

Quidel Wins Gates Foundation Grant Worth up to $8.3M for Low-Cost Test to Monitor HIV Treatment
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Two J&J Doses

Johnson & Johnson says two doses of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine provides increased protection against symptomatic COVID-19, CNN reports.

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Response in Kids

The Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in a lower-dose format appears to generate an immune response among children, according to the Washington Post.

Chicken Changes to Prevent Disease

The Guardian writes that researchers are looking at gene editing chickens to help prevent future pandemics.

PNAS Papers on Siberian Dog Ancestry, Insect Reproduction, Hippocampal Neurogenesis

In PNAS this week: ancestry and admixture among Siberian dogs, hormone role in fruit fly reproduction, and more.