Gates Foundation giving $46 million to SF firm to fight diarrhea
SEATTLE (AP) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving a San Francisco nonprofit pharmaceutical company 46 (M) million dollars to expand its research on new treatments for diarrheal disease.
The grant goes to the Institute for OneWorld Health.
The traditional treatment for the disease is rehydration, but the company is working on drugs that inhibit fluid loss in the intestine.
Severe dehydration can kill, especially in the young and old, and OneWorld will focus on treatments for infants and young children.
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