In order to pay for the research project entitled “Plant-Produced Synthetic RNA Vaccines”, the Touro University California has been awarded a grant from the Bill and Medina Gates Foundation. The goal of the research is to develop a rapid and inexpensive way to make a new kind of vaccine in tobacco plants.
The project is one of more 100 Grand Challenges Explorations grants funded by the foundation and more than 600 people in 45 countries have received the grants.
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