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Fred Hutch announces $1M in grants to commercialize cutting-edge cancer and HIV research
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, which has spun-out companies such as Juno Therapeutics and Nohla Therapeutics in recent years, is continuing its aggressive push to commercialize more of its research. The non-profit Seattle-based organization today announced $1 million in funding from its newly-formed Evergreen Fund for eight research projects.
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The Surprising Reason Why Savings Boosts Income: New Research Reveals an Unexpected Benefit of Financial Inclusion
Make it easier to save, and people will save more. This seems straightforward and holds true for customers in rich and poor countries alike. Make it easier to save, and people will save more and earn more. This sounds a little less intuitive, especially if you posit that this increase in income will happen almost immediately. Yet this is exactly what researchers have found - and the reason why is surprising.
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Why Microfinance Should Embrace – Not Resist – A New Brand
We've launched our Most Influential Post of 2016 contest, and every day through Jan. 2 we'll publish another monthly winner included in the competition. This article, the most-viewed post on NextBillion for February, discusses the profound rebranding of microcredit over the past 25 years. There's also a list of the other best-read posts in 2016 and an opportunity to vote for your favorite.
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It’s Time Research Caught Up with Microfinance Realities
As part of our Most Influential Post of 2016 contest, we are re-publishing the most popular articles from each month over the past year. This article by Kathleen Odell, an associate professor of economics and acting associate dean at Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business, was the most-viewed post on NextBillion for January 2016. There's also a list of the other best-read posts in 2016 and an opportunity to vote for your favorite.
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Superstrains of Rice That Will Feed A Changing World
“I’m Swamp Girl,” says Indrastuti Rumanti, a bubbly scientist with the Indonesian Center for Rice Research. She’s just ducked out of a lengthy meeting with her fellow rice-heads here in Bogor, but the conference room is not Rumanti’s preferred habitat: She’d rather be mucking about in experimental rice paddies.
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GSK Opens Global Vaccine Center in Rockville, MD
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today will officially open its newest global vaccines R&D center in Rockville, MD, where the pharma giant will base 450 researchers and support staffers and spend $50 million over the next 2 years on technology and equipment.
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This Device Could Revolutionize How Malaria Is Detected Around the World
Brian Grimberg was working at a clinic in Papua New Guinea, watching in frustration as the queue of people hoping to get tested for malaria stretched out the door. It took almost an hour to analyze each person’s blood. Clearly, they wouldn’t get to everyone.
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HIV-test kits given to women boost testing in men
Providing HIV self-test kits to women seeking care in healthcare facilities could promote HIV testing among couples and male partners, a studysays. According to researchers from Kenya and the United States, men in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to have lower rates of HIV testing than women.
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