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  • May 2008
    • $600M Windfall Aims to Boost Risky Research

      $600M Windfall Aims to Boost Risky Research

      (Newser) - American medical research got a big boost today, courtesy of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The philanthropic body, one of the world’s largest, committed $600 million to fund the research of 56 scientists that it thinks can change the world. The institute hopes to back high-risk, high-reward research that normal grants wouldn’t touch, the Washington Post reports. More »

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  • March 2008

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