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| | Grand Challenges projects include research into new vaccines, drugs, diagnostic products, and other technologies for treating diseases that predominantly affect developing countries. Researchers are focusing on making these tools more effective, available, and affordable for the people who need them most. Learn about each of these technologies below: | | | | | | |
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| Biomarkers are measurements that reveal key characteristics of disease, including pathogen status as well as human biological reactions to pathogens, drugs and vaccines. Biomarkers can be used to identify genes and proteins for new drug and vaccine development, to evaluate drug efficacy, as well as to provide better diagnostics. Identifying the "right" biomarkers can lead to earlier detection and more precise medical interventions to treat disease. | |
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 In the developing world, conclusively diagnosing illness can be difficult because today’s diagnostic tests are expensive or unavailable in resource-poor settings. Learn more about projects to develop diagnostic tools. | |
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 Disease-causing microbes often mutate and develop drug resistance. Developing drugs that target different components of a pathogen and finding new ways to deliver them in the body that might one day minimize drug resistance. Find out more about these drug-related projects. | |
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 Poor nutrition contributes to half of the nearly 10 million deaths that occur each year in children under 5. Creating nutrient-rich staple crops that can be grown in harsh climates is a promising long-term solution. Learn more about these nutrition-related projects. | |
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 Millions of lives could be saved in the developing world by creating new vaccines that are effective after a single dose, that can be delivered without needles, and that do not require refrigeration. Learn about current projects related to vaccines. | |
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 Many serious diseases — including malaria and dengue fever — are spread by insects. Read about a number of promising projects aimed at delivering solutions that are safer, more effective, and more affordable than current methods for controlling disease-transmitting insects.
Learn about current projects related to insect vectors. | |
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