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Nature 421, 461-462 (30 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421461a

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Gates ploughs millions into plan for assault on killer diseases

Declan Butler

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is to provide US$200 million for basic biological research into the treatment and control of killer diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.The initiative, a partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), will establish several large consortia to research diseases that kill millions of people in poor countries, but which are often neglected by biomedical research programmes in rich countries.