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15 02, 2024

WHO International Pathogen Surveillance Network launched with $4m in donor funding

2024-03-05T20:04:52+00:00

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced US$ 4 million in funding from donors to create a catalytic grant fund for organizations working in pathogen genomic surveillance. The fund will support projects across the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, to pilot projects and in doing so, create an evidence base for how to quickly [...]

15 11, 2013

Geneticists map human resistance to AIDS

2017-04-26T12:35:07+00:00

The key to future HIV treatment could be hidden right in our own genes. Everyone who becomes infected deploys defense strategies, and some even manage to hold the virus at bay without any therapy at all. This immune system struggle leaves its mark within the pathogen itself - genetic mutations that indicate how the virus reacted to [...]