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U.S. News Colorado State University Wins $3.7 Million for Drug ResearchSeptember 21, 2007 On Tuesday, Colorado State University was awarded $3.7 million as part of a $280 million commitment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of tuberculosis treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics. The university will use $1.1 million to identify the best drug-testing methods and conduct an extensive review of historical TB research to unearth testing methods that may have been lost over time. Approximately $2.6 million will go toward studying how TB bacteria function in a living host. Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 09.19.2007; Erika Gonzalez This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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